360 balancing with converter?
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360 balancing with converter?
i have a 74 cuda with a 360 small block and 727 trans. my question is the balancing of the rotating assembly. the engine is from 1973 and i do not think it is the original for the car, it looks to me mostly stock with the original weighted ballancer on the front. but when i looked at the torque converter i do not see any weights on it. i want to replace the torque converter with a high stall converter and i am unsure if i should replace with a weighted converter or a neutral balance converter?
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Shoot us a good picture of the harmonic balancer..if the motor was apart before the machine shop could have balanced the rotating assy and put an internal balanced torque convert and harmonic balancer.
#3
it would be hard to take a photo, and it would not show much being that it is still in the car. i felt around the back side of the balancer(motor side) and i can feel were the balancer goes in to make the off set balance.
#4
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If the balancer is carved out in the back then it is externally balanced.
#5
Has the motor been worked on ??? Chances are it is still external balance. If the converter does not have the balance weights us a B&M flex plate with the balance built into it. Then you can use any converter
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