Steve13380

302 roller block from a 90 (i think) Thunderbird.

Which do i need? 50oz or 28oz?

And as im going to get the (stock) crank balanced, is it possible to balance it so it ends up neutral (and therefore dont need one with a 28 or 50 inbalance on it), or is that just not possible on the stock crank?

Also, is there any particular fave damper people use, or? Im convinced a good balanced engine will help the stock block last better, so want to get it right 1st time.

Cheers

Steve

my77stang

you need a 50, and professional products makes a pretty damn nice one for a pretty damn good price.

75 bucks....

http://www.northernautoparts.com/Pro...ctModelId=5969

AdderMk2

having an external balance will not shorten the life of the motor... if your not doing a full rebuild you should leave the balancing alone... and I believe the T-bird had a non HO.. please correct me if im wrong.. the non HO's were 28oz

luckythirteen13

i run the pro product balancer on my car. looks good, works good and was cheap

tinman

I think that ALL the 5.0's after '84 or so use the same balancer. Don't matter if they are the 'HO' or not...........

Joel5.0

All '82+ 5.0L are 50 oz......

AdderMk2

even the non HO?

my77stang

yup, i always forget which year they switched over - but basically all one piece rear main seal motors are 50 oz. from my knowledge, the only thing different about an "HO" motor is the cam, which is basically a 351w cam

Joel5.0

Yep.....it all started when the 5.0L took a vacation and was replaced with the 4.2L in '80 Mustangs...[:@]

my77stang

255 most certainly FTL!!!!!!!