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Will
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JUL 09, 05:42 PM
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Daggonit, I was just going to post that the bottom of the oil manifold (plate between lower crank case & oil pan) was flat and only had the heads of the main bolts sticking through it.
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toddshotrods
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JUL 10, 01:09 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Will:
Daggonit, I was just going to post that the bottom of the oil manifold (plate between lower crank case & oil pan) was flat and only had the heads of the main bolts sticking through it. |
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I appreciate the intent to answer  Actually, you told me something that wasn't obvious in his pics. He has long studs protruding through instead of bolt heads. I should be able to wack quite a bit off the overall height.
I'm sure I'll still have questions when I start rebuilding it. I am going to study you guys' threads first.
Edit - I forgot to ask - so you think my two-stage dry sump will work?
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Will
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JUL 10, 06:48 AM
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The early engines through '95 have stud headed bolts at all locations in the inner two rows. The windage tray bolts to these studs. In the (I think) '96 and later engines, the windage tray was redesigned to bolt under the heads of all 20 main bolts. The stud headed bolts were replaced by conventional bolts except for one location which is where the oil pickup support bolts.
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toddshotrods
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JUL 10, 06:36 PM
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Thanks Will, I have a 2000 motor.
Sorry for jacking your tread 
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Will
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JUL 22, 09:13 PM
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mrgrimes
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AUG 07, 01:53 AM
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Hi Will,
Have you ever looked into a after market harmonic balancer? It looks like the small block ford as the same snout diamiter.
Darrin
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Nashco
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AUG 21, 04:42 PM
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Will
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AUG 21, 09:31 PM
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Shipping two spacecraft to the launch site this weekend and going to South America to put them back together for a week after.
IOW... working crazy hours and been so busy I don't know whether to wipe my @$$ or scratch my nose (or vice versa).
Plus side... I'm salary plus overtime, so I have more money for parts (or credit card debt).
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Will
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AUG 21, 09:33 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by mrgrimes:
Hi Will,
Have you ever looked into a after market harmonic balancer? It looks like the small block ford as the same snout diamiter.
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I hadn't. There's nothing wrong with the stock one. It doesn't carry nearly as much of the engine's MOI as the flywheel and can be replaced with the engine in the car should I find a suitable replacement. It's also the crank pulley, provides the clamp load on the oil pump drive sleeve and has the journal on which the front main seal runs.
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Will
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AUG 31, 01:28 PM
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ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK EVERYONE'S NUMBERS, EVEN YOUR OWN!
CP was about to make me pistons with a net 11+ cc dome... I had to be very assertive in convincing them to recheck their numbers... hello 13.5 compression.
The real number is a NET ~3.5 cc dome for 11.5 compression.
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