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[QUOTE=C9x]I'm not real familiar with the SBC, but don't you have to be careful in swapping harmonic dampeners due to differing balance/balance weight situations as well as the timing marks can be a mismatch to the timing pointer?


Good point, of the factory SBC displacements, only the 400 CID displacements came out with the external balance dampeners and flywheels. All other SBC's came out with internally balanced cranks.

So the 400 SBC came out with the special 8" balancer external balancer only. You will see a large counterweight on the back of the balancer inner hub. It has it's own special part number.

Timing marks will change on both big and small balancers due to emissions. So they can change as the emissions laws got more severe. This was accomplished by either changing the timing tab placement or marks, or changing the timing mark on the balancer inertia ring.
NB the timing marks can also change on old balancers due to the elastomer loosing it's adhesion and walking off or around the hub.

Say C9X, I have my nephews 351W to play with, why did ford come up with a whole heap of different valve diameters and stem lengths for this motor ????

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Well dang,

If Faith ain't confused by now, I dang sure am ....................

I think her "boy" will be able to enrich uranium by the time we are done

Faith, nows the time to use that IQ of yours to sort your your way through this. I bet you will get him done!

Best wishes, Kitz

Originally Posted by southerner

Say C9X, I have my nephews 351W to play with, why did ford come up with a whole heap of different valve diameters and stem lengths for this motor ????

Not sure about that, but Ford tends to use a particular engine in many different situations/forms.


But . . . if ya wanna talk about Buicks....

Originally Posted by C9x

Not sure about that, but Ford tends to use a particular engine in many different situations/forms.


But . . . if ya wanna talk about Buicks....

we no got Buicks down in this part of the world. Only Holdens and Fords, and some chevrolets, plenty of ricers. The closest I have come to a Buick is seeing one of the unlimited saloons running a set of Buick heads on a SBC.

Originally Posted by DennyW

The neat one I liked in my younger days was the Sunbeam Tiger. 289 Ford engine.

Now that was a little car that could

sorry to sound ignorant but,..panhard bar anyone.
where, why ?
sign me :Idontknow

easier than typing it out; http://www.timskelton.com/lightning/...on/panhard.htm

Though his pics are rears, the same concept applies to the front.

Simply a locating bar (usually round tubing with a rod end on each side, one end fastened to the frame, the other to the axle. Allows up and down movement, but limits side sway.

Don

The only Sunbeam Tiger I ever saw had a 260. Sure blew by me!

They a bit pricey back then ?

In case anyone wants to read about these:

www.ritzsite.net/Tiger/01_tiger.htm


Don


Right about now Faith is saying "where the h*** did my thread go?"

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

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Don
Right about now Faith is saying "where the h*** did my thread go?"

Well you know how it is in these forums, the threads are like driving a car, if you just sit back and relax to much the car starts to drift from side to side......... IIIII Same with the threads, this ones starting to drift quite nicely untill a) either the driver takes back control with a start or
b) A cop pulls her over for inattention

Now just what were those sunbeam Tiger bodies made off ? I am pretty sure that my panelbeater mate has a couple of sunbeam Alpine roadsters in his panelbeating yard.

Found this for sale in trade me, remember it is a detachable top.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

While there may be some sag in the spring due to age, I'd guess there are two leaves taken out also since there are two spacers in the stack.

No I think I have a huge number of leaves on there. I counted them once - was it 8 or 10? I have photos of the same eaves in early 1980 and they had a lot more arch to them them...