How can you tell and internal balnce 454 from an external?
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How can you tell and internal balnce 454 from an external?
I have a mid 70's 454, #3999289, numbers come up as a 72-78 2 bolt truck motor. I put on a counterweighted flywheel for an external balance and it vibrates like crazy. This is the type of flywheel I have .
I think it may be the wrong one.
Is there a way to tell if I have an internally balanced 454?
I think it may be the wrong one.
Is there a way to tell if I have an internally balanced 454?
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There is no such thing as an internally balanced 454, from the factory. *I* have never heard of an internally balanced 454 in the aftermarket, either. You could have a 427, which IS the same bore and internally balanced. I don't see any counterweights on the flywheel you have pictured. 454s are externally balanced at both ends. Reach around, with your finger tips, to the inside of the damper in the front. If it is there, you can feel the counterweight by the difference in the diameter of the ID of an unbalanced damper. If you can tell the stroke by inserting a piece of wire or something else through a spark plug hole, the 427 has a 3.76" (3 3/4") stroke and the 454 is 4.00".
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Originally Posted by CFI-EFI
There is no such thing as an internally balanced 454, from the factory. *I* have never heard of an internally balanced 454 in the aftermarket, either. You could have a 427, which IS the same bore and internally balanced. I don't see any counterweights on the flywheel you have pictured. 454s are externally balanced at both ends. Reach around, with your finger tips, to the inside of the damper in the front. If it is there, you can feel the counterweight by the difference in the diameter of the ID of an unbalanced damper. If you can tell the stroke by inserting a piece of wire or something else through a spark plug hole, the 427 has a 3.76" (3 3/4") stroke and the 454 is 4.00".
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Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
I agree with everything except the part about their being no counterweight on the flywheel pictured. It has a big counterweight at the 12 oclock positon. That is the correct flywheel for a 454 not NOT a 427
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Originally Posted by Fastguy
I have a mid 70's 454, #3999289, numbers come up as a 72-78 2 bolt truck motor. I put on a counterweighted flywheel for an external balance and it vibrates like crazy. This is the type of flywheel I have .
I think it may be the wrong one.
Is there a way to tell if I have an internally balanced 454?
I think it may be the wrong one.
Is there a way to tell if I have an internally balanced 454?