Awesome. Will get under with hammer and light. Unfortunateley another busy *ss day without a chance to get under there. Its' 40 degrees here in South Florida and it's extreme for people like me who do better in 90 plus weather.
Strange noise...
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Just flexplates(I use the same word for both I guess), which was apparently what they did.
I'll have to dig through the garage, I had the center of one and one complete one cracked all the way around.
you just brought up a good reason to convert to a stick, flywheels don't crack and you have a variable stall rating...
That makes me feel better. I have a brand new GM flywheel sitting on the shelf for my build.Just flexplates(I use the same word for both I guess), which was apparently what they did.
I think it is pretty common to refer to a flexplate as a flywheel. I was just wondering if I needed to think about sourcing a different flywheel for my build.
Were those GM flexplates that cracked made in China?
I wish I remembered where they were made, at the time I actually went and bought the same one while I was waiting for the SFI rated one to come in, when it did arrive they weren't even close in quality. I think the SFI was cheaper to boot.
Hmmm, that's exactly what the Pig is doing. Being a Series 2, I automatically assumed it to be a rod bearing. Taking bets......
In my youth I also tore apart an excellent running 327 for what I perceived as a "rod knock". When I got inside everything measured good, found the rod knock when I pulled the timing chain cover, chain was so worn it was knocking against the cover.
But they can explode. When I was young and even dumber than now, I used an old Scheifer aluminum flywheel in a 65 Nova. On a 5000 rpm 2-3 shift it let go and I had aluminum chunks (scattershields are your friend) come through the trans tunnel.you just brought up a good reason to convert to a stick, flywheels don't crack and you have a variable stall rating...
that is true and on a race car they are needed, on a street car I don't think I have heard of a flywheel coming apart and with the weight of my car the heavier steel flywheel is better accelerating from a stop
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