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Old 02-20-2002, 07:03 PM   #1
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350 truck block externally or internally balanced

checked the block numbers from old book

and said was 350 roller block from truck with one piece seal
84-86?
the crank is not in it

were these internally or externally balanced?

how can i check with out the crank???]


i dont have the numbers on me now from the block
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Old 02-20-2002, 07:22 PM   #2
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The key is that it is a one-piece rear main seal. That means it uses a flywheel or flexplate with a weight attached, making it externally balanced.

However...

The harmonic damper is NOT an externally balanced piece for that engine! Use a normal internally balanced part on the front end.

This is a little confusing, because the 400 SBC was externally balanced on both the harmonic damper and flywheel/flexplate because of the long stroke. In 350 and smaller engines, though, the two-piece rear main seal design crank had a counterweight cast into it external to the seal. When they went to the one-piece design, they couldn't put that counterweight there anymore, so they put it on the flywheel/flexplate. The good news is that a two-piece rear main seal flywheel/flexplate will not bolt to a one-piece crank.

I'm a little suspecious of the data you have, though. The one-piece rear main seal came out in 1986. Roller lifters came out in 1987.
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ill have to get the numbers again

but it did have 4 bolt mains a one piece seal
and the provisions for a spider thing that holds the roller lifters

it was sitting next to a flat tappet block so the diff was clear

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Sounds like an '87-later block, which means it is also one-piece.

The rear main cap and the back of the block will also look different between the two. The one-piece seal is held by a seperate aluminum holder, while the two-piece seal is held in by the rear main bearing cap & block.
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