[mopar56]

ok we spent some time in the garage today and most of this seems to make sence now, although the larger flywheel (143 tooth) bolts up ok only the bell housing suitable for the "rock crusher" tranny will fit over it and bolt up, of course this has the incorrect bolt pattern for the a833, the a833 bell housing will not fit over the larger flywheel, so we need to use the smaller (130 tooth) flywheel but it must be externally ballanced, now Mopar Performance makes one that is for the 10.5" clutch (130 tooth) and specificly for the early la 360 cu in but it is pricey, I also found a ballancer sold through "KMJ" part number qt1 rm-531 there only about 20 bucks and apparently go in front of the flywheel using the same bolts that hold it on, it is specificly made for Mopar 360's, has anyone ever used one?, Dana44, I just read back in my earlier thread under cly heads that this must be ballanced to the crank, pistons, etc, dose that mean the flywheel that leaves the factory with the motor is the only one that can be used all its life untill you go through what seems like an expensive procedure?, We were not planning on taking the engine apart, its ready to go, maybe I misunderstood?

 

[KOG]

Flywheel is not balanced to a specific engine, fits all 360s.

 

[mopar56]

YES!! thats what I was hoping to here, I am going to look into this ballance weight from KMJ a bit more, if it works then we can use the 318 flywheel we have, even if not the Mopar Performance one is still an option, thanks for the info

 

[mopar56]

just an update... I have ordered the ballance weight listed above, should take about a week or so, I will report back to let you know how it worked

 

[dana44]

I already noted the flywheel for the 318, 340, 360, 5.2 and 5.9 lists as the same flywheel, which does save you a bit of money that way.

 

[mopar56]

well it will fit but although the 318/340 is the exact same as they are neutral balance and the the 360 is external, the factory one has the holes drilled one side to ballance or because we have a 318 one to use we will just use the ballance plate, hopefully it works!