How I can turn my flywheel 28 to 50 oz?

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  1. Cemiat

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    How I can turn my flywheel and damper 28 to 50 oz?
     
  2. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    It has to match the balance of the engine, you can't interchange them.
     
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    Depends on the type of flywheel. Dose it have a welded on weight or is it removable? if its welded it would have to be taken to a machine shop and have the old 28oz removed and a new 50oz replaced and balanced
     
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    I have seen aftermarket damper's with weights that can be swapped but never a flywheel.

    I suppose a good engine shop could do it but the cost may not be worth it. Best bet is to buy the correct ones you need.
     
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    Tks I don´t want buying a new, I am in Mexico and the shipping is very expensive, I asked in the biggest Machine shop in my city and they don´t know how do it.
     
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    Why do you want to change the balance?
     
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    It's easier to do it the other way, 50 oz to 28 oz on either a flywheel or flexplate, but it does need to be done by someone who does engine balancing. And it's easier for them to do this with both weight flywheels (or flexplates) to match balance it. I had one done. All he had to do to match it was drill a few shallow holes in the 50 oz counterweight. To go the other way (28 to 50), weight needs to be added. It would be easier to find the correct weighted parts if no one does this in Mexico.
     
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    Just a thought here, but if the engine is externally balanced by the harmonic balancer and flex plate, couldnt you just get a 50oz flex plate and 50oz harmonic balancer?
     
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    The parts have to match the crankshaft
     
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    Because I put a engine roller 96.

     
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    Sounds like you have no choice but to either source used or new parts. Be cheaper then replacing the. Motor
     
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    What size (tooth count) are you looking for ? And are you needing a flywheel or a flexplate ? If you can tell me this and give me your shipping address, I can look into what it'll actually cost to ship it to you in Mexico via UPS.
     
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    Thank you, I need Flywheel, my old engine removed today, I'll list the teeth, I reported, I hope that 164 of these I think if I can find in Mexico in a pickup, is the "damper" of a cougar with 5.0 HO I use?



     
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    You're running a manual transmission, right ? 164 tooth flywheels were pretty much standard equipment in pickups that had manual transmissions, I've never seen nor heard of one that had the 157. Trucks needed more torque to move them and thus, more gripping capacity from the clutch.
     

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