Ea888.2 balance shaft delete. Who has done it?

I'm building a whp 650hp ea888.2. Or atleast trying to. I need any info on doing a balance shaft delete. If you have done the delete, could include pics of what you did? I know the balance shaft on intake side is connected to the waterpump. Doesn't seem like much modifications are needed to successfully delete the balance shafts. Also. Would it be better to leave the shafts in the motor with out the chain to block off the oil passages or would a blocking sleeve be needed to be pressed in to block oil passages?

I personally have only heard of people doing this mod on the old 2.0. I would check on Audizine or somewhere similar. You can use google and do a site:audizine.com and it will only search that site for keywords if you ever want to narrow the results down.

Check this thread out.

In their first post they go over a bit about deleting the balance shafts on a 2010 A4 2.0T.

May be some useful info in there!

https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...ater+pump+audi