This is why i stopped working on my Jeep

so i was cruisin' Novak this morning trying to find out which clutch i am supposed to use with my smallblock V-6 engine ford t-18 tranny swap. well after some close reading i found something i had missed way back when. according to them you cant run the V-8 flywheel with the V-6. Please tell me this is not true and a mistake on their part. if it is true then im out for tellico, a flywheel will put me over on a budget that is really close for tellico anyway.

 

I have the flywheel on my 4.3 that I just pulled. If you need it to get to tellico I'll pack it up and get it sent to you and we'll work out the $$ later.

 

nope chevy, not Buick, V-6 the good old 229 CI. jason there is no way my CJ could be finished for tellico even if i worked nonstop from now till when i leave. the only thing i have to do to it is put everything back together.

jason how much do you want for the flywheel? i think i might just take you up on it.

 

I had my 225 flywheel balanced for my EF 231. Cost $50

 

I would try the V-8 flywheel. I think it should be the same part as the v-6. I could be wrong. If it doesn't fit you could get one from a 79' - 80' Chevy El Cameno. 81' was the last year for a manual trans in an El Cameno. FYI.

(Thinking) Do I have a V-8 flywheel on my V-6? :?

 

they say there is a balance issue when running a V-8 flywheel on a V-6 which i would understand but since i have never seen chevy v-6 flywheel i cant say that there is any difference.

 

I supose I could look on my flywheel and see if it has some sort of weight on it.

 

better make sure about the balancing....I installed a V8 in my jeep and was having the engine balancing done and took my I6 flywheel and the guy did a lot of metal removal for the balancing.

 

This isn't a question of fit. Some engines have internal or "zero" balance, and their rotating assemblies are entirely balanced by just the crankshaft counterweights. Other engines, even within the same family of engines, are externally or "detroit" balanced, using extra off-center weight on the flywheel or crank pulley in combination with the crankshaft counterweights. It's also possible that both the V8 and V6 are externally balanced, but with a different amount of weight.

Should be obvious if you compare a V8 and V6 flywheel.

 

The flywheel on my V-6 doesn't have any weights on it. All that I can see is four drill holes on one side. Can you take a picture of it? Mine is on the motor so it's hard to see all of it without turning the motor over.

Come to think of it. My brother is running my marine V-6 flywheel on his V-8. I would have used it but it is set up to use a 11" clutch disk. At the time, the 11" clutch wouldn't fit with a cable style bellhousing I was using.

 

well after reading some more late last night i found that it is only the '85 and later motors that are externally balanced. so now i just need to find out if my motor is pre '85( i dont think so because it has a TBI intake) or post '85 also pre-85 was oddfire but since i did not get a distributer when i got my motor i cant tell if it is even or oddfire, stupid question and i know it has been covered MANY times before but can you tell by any other way then just the distributer?

i have learned a new lesson after this whole motor deal. NEVER buy a motor unless you are pulling it from the car yourself or have a lot of trust in the person you are buying it from.

 

would you be able to tell EF or OF by the engine stampings (#)?
I don't know

 

yeh im sure you can, i just need to do more research.

 

sparky thanks but thats for the Buick motor and i have a chevy motor( distributer in the back)

 

There isn't much info. on the Chevy V-6s. There was an odd, semi even, and even fire motor. The only way I know of is to look at the crank shaft. I was told (I could be wrong.) that all marine motors were odd fire engines. The cars had semi even and even fire motors. I've never have heard about the pre 85' thing. I do know that after 80' the distributor is computerized.

 

i guess i will check the crank tonight when i put the oil pump in and all that fun stuff.

 

Here is a link.

http://engine.firebirdv6.com/V690.html