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Re: [Tigers] flywheel surprise

To: <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>, <maliburevue@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] flywheel surprise
From: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:21 -0400
Owain
        It is normal for a crank to have drill marks; that is how Ford does
there balancing, drilling out material and sometimes drilling and adding
heavy metal for production balance procedures.

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Owain Lloyd
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:20 AM
To: maliburevue@yahoo.com
Cc: Tiger's Den
Subject: Re: [Tigers] flywheel surprise


my supplier over here says its not possible to do that but there are some
holes drilled in the crank weights and the vibrations were not terrible so i
strongly suspect someone has tried that.

i guess i'll know by the vibrations after i start it up again.

if this is the case i'll have to get a new crank and rebalance the
assembly.    that'll be fun - trying to find somewhere in the uk to do
that and pay less than $1500 :(

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Gary Crandall <maliburevue@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Owain,
>
>
>
> Has the 28 0z. crank been rebalanced to 50 oz.? Does anyone on the
> Tiger list know if that is possible and if yes, what to look for, or
> if it was it done incorrectly? You may want to call an engine machine
> shop to confirm.
>
>
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 6/13/08, Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] flywheel surprise
> To: rfraser@bluefrog.com
> Cc: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 6:11 AM
>
> holy cow!
> i just checked my crank and its marked "2M" on the front counter
> weight which i understand is a 28oz crank.  its had a 50oz flywheel on
> there since i bought the car 5000 miles ago!
>
> i'd better order a 28oz flywheel and balancer.
>
> on the up side, there is already a windage tray installed.
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