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Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 [message #165421 is a reply to message #165391] Thu, 05 April 2012 07:09 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Steven Ferguson is currently offline  Steven Ferguson   United States
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Ken,
Shouldn't be a problem IF you have the entire rotating assay balanced.
That means pistons, rods, a ring pouch, bearing set, flex plate and
balancer.

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Ken Henderson <hend4800@bellsouth.net>wrote:

> After having spent ALL day in Montgomery at Pull-a-Part helping Bill
> Hutchinson, John Nicholls, and Fred Veenschoten pull the 72 Eldorado engine
> that I brought home with me, I'm not up to answering all the questions. In
> summary: My engine guy has an engine dyno but it's not yet operational.
> Since most of his race engines are Chevy's, he probably won't even have
> adapters for BOPC. I see no return from running anything less than on a
> full chassis dyno since the engine, torque converter, and transmission are
> all suspect. And anything less than 100 miles probably wouldn't prove much
> -- that's more than I would spend $400 per hour to try.
>
> Gary, since this is a '72, I presume it has a harmonic balancer though I
> didn't notice. Do you think I should run it with that crank if that's the
> route I take? Or should I continue with the cast iron hub & my
> Ford-sourced serpentine pulley? Just how out of balance could an iron hub
> mated to another round chunk of iron pulley possibly be???
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Kosier wrote:
>
> > Sorry, Paul, but the 500s had harmonic balancer through 73.
> > 74 to 76 had a big, cast iron pulley that was balanced with the
> > front hub. They came as a single part number.
> >
> >
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