old and new 302 balance question

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  1. yerg

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    Ok heres the question..we put a 95 mustang 302 engine in the maverick. It has the original flexplate to the 70 something tranny and the old balancer from the 70 302..I understand that there was a big difference in the weight balance between the two engines. So do I have to use the 95 flexplate and balancer or will it be ok because the flexplate and balancer match?
     
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    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    You will need the newer flexplate and harmonic balancer. They are matched to the internals of the engine.
     
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    if the 95 had a 50 oz balancer you need that balancer and 50 oz flexplate.
     
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    Dang it..im thinking I should update the tranny to a newer c4..what do u recomend year wise or tranny wise? Will it hurt the engine to start it up and see if it runs? Also thinking about a hei distributor to clean up the engine bay..what do u recomend steel or chromemoly
     
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    You could get a pan fill C4 which use a 164 tooth flexplate but you still need a 50oz flexplate and front ballancer... If you transmission is a case fill you'll need a 50ox flexplate and that's aftermarke,t Ford never produced such a piece(I just bought one as I'm using a '92 5.0 engine in my Comet)...

    HEI yech, those things are uglier that the wiring that you can remove...
     
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    ...:rofl2:...:sorry:
     
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