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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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I have a gmpp 350 290hp crate motor in a '86 silverado with a tci th350 with a 1900-2400 stall. my problem is i broke 2 flywheels around the bolt pattern of the crank. the flywheels i have are pioneer non sfi approved. should I buy a heavy duty one? i'm lost any help would be very helpful!!!
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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Do you have the dowel pins in the block?
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Do you have the dowel pins in the block?
no, i just went and looked and no dowel pins?
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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im curious to what you find a guy at work had the same problem with his truck. good luck with it
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im trying to think of what he said he's deployed so i can't ask him but i think he said something about going back to the gm flexplates. I thought it sounded funny when i heard it but who knows, just throwing it out there
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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im trying to think of what he said he's deployed so i can't ask him but i think he said something about going back to the gm flexplates. I thought it sounded funny when i heard it but who knows, just throwing it out there
thanks man, i'm just gonna get an sfi approved flexplate and grade 8 bolts oh and a dang dowel pin! must have got in a hurry and forgot it
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Flexplate not flywheel.
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They will break without the dowel pins, I have seen it before. They aren't perfectly centered without them.
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i think he was talking about the 2 dowel pins in the block, not the crank
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