[DeTomaso] FW: Harmonic Balancer

[John]

You can't go wrong IMO putting a mark on your flywheel and bell housing inspection port and then using a dial back timing light. Never worry again. 

On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:58 PM, sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I put a degree wheel on and made a piston stop and went about TDC discovery.  
> Rotating the engine around and checking several times I found that TDC is where 
> I thought it was and the stock pointer and stock balancer were correctly showing 0.  
> It seems obvious now that the timing marks on the Romac balancer are wrong for my application.  
> I've asked my engine builder and he reminded me that the Romac balancer is for a Windsor crankshaft
> as that is what is installed in my stroker motor.  He said their was a snout spacer installed on the crank to make it fit 
> the Cleveland block.  So I think if I want to use the Romac balancer designed for a Windsor motor and use my
> stock Cleveland timing pointer, I will need to buy some timing tape and modify the balancers timing marks.  
> Can someone give me a sanity check?  thanks!!!!
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>> From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
>> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; jderyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer
>> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:18:06 -0400
>> 
>> Sean,
>> 
>> At this point the only right way is to put a degree wheel on the motor, a
>> positive stop in #1 and find TDC the right way. Just like you do when you
>> degree in a cam. This is not a time or place to be close. With the motor at
>> the real TDC you can then do what looks to be the best fix, new pointer,
>> maybe.
>> 
>> 
>> Larry (quality is the sum total of the details) - Cleveland
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>> Behalf Of sean mundy
>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 6:40 PM
>> To: jderyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer
>> 
>> 
>> It seems my crank, cam are lined up and #1 is TDC. 
>> So then all I need to do is make a new pointer that hits 0 on the Romac
>> balancer. 
>> That makes it easier for my brain to handle i guess.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:27:18 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer
>> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> 
>> I hate to complicate things like this, but there are three different timing
>> pointers and two (at least) front covers for various years of 351-Cs. I
>> don't expect any of the combinations to show very close to true TDC. If the
>> heads are off the block, it's pretty easy to find TRUE TDC and bend the
>> pointer to permanently indicate TDC on your Romac- which is a far healthier
>> assembly than any 42-year-old balancer. 
>> But if the mismatch is only a few degrees, remember once the hard parts are
>> bolted in place (cam, crank and harmonic balancer), the timing mark is
>> mostly for our convenience. The engine really doesn't care what number is
>> showing on the timing mark as long as spark arrives at the correct time.
>> Good luck- J Deryke 
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