[DeTomaso] "Nascar " engine balance question for a race Pantera

[Ken Green]

Hi Pat,
If it's internally balanced, I think it should be a neutral balance (not the 20 oz balance) flywheel.  Cleveland and Windsor should be the same, but with a ZF, you need a 164 tooth flywheel.  A lot of flywheels have removable weights, so you just take off whatever weight is on it.  If you want it really good, have the flywheel and pressure plate balanced together to zero.
If the engine builder there does not already know this, he probably is not the right builder for your engine.
Ken
       From: Patrick HALS <patrickhals at gmail.com>
 To: DeTomaso at poca.com 
 Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 8:34 AM
 Subject: [DeTomaso] "Nascar " engine balance question for a race Pantera
   
  I have closed my relationship with my "fancy and moody " US engine
  builder . Those who know him had warned me about him a long time ago
  and I must now admit that they were partially right ... After the good
  part, I now take the worse part, and the "fancy" bill, of course :>((
  This " gentleman" sent me back my unfinished race engine at my request.
  It A "only " needs flywheel, dry sump system and clutch.
  Here is what he writes to me : "As far as balancing the motor, it is an
  internally balanced motor.A  If you have further questions regarding
  how to set up this motor or finish, please refer to the mechanics your
  are using locally as I have stated previously, our professional
  relationship is over."
  US engine builders are so used in building Ford V8 engines that I
  always had my race engines built in the US vs.EU, despite what I was
  advised over here. I shall have this engine finished over here, but
  would like to be sure of what a local ( competent ) builder will tell
  me to finish this (expensive) engine will be the right solution. What
  do I need in terms of flywheel? It is a Windsor based engine, NOT a
  Cleveland ( see pics ) . When I bought it ( broken ) three years ago,
  it was supposedly delivering 640 HP.... But it has now been fully
  redone, while keeping the " good" pieces
  Many thanks for your advises.
  Pat
  Patrick Hals
  +32.476.567.898

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   Hi Pat,
   If it's internally balanced, I think it should be a neutral balance
   (not the 20 oz balance) flywheel.  Cleveland and Windsor should be the
   same, but with a ZF, you need a 164 tooth flywheel.  A lot of flywheels
   have removable weights, so you just take off whatever weight is on it.
   If you want it really good, have the flywheel and pressure plate
   balanced together to zero.
   If the engine builder there does not already know this, he probably is
   not the right builder for your engine.
   Ken
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Patrick HALS <patrickhals at gmail.com>
   To: DeTomaso at poca.com
   Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 8:34 AM
   Subject: [DeTomaso] "Nascar " engine balance question for a race
   Pantera
     I have closed my relationship with my "fancy and moody " US engine
     builder . Those who know him had warned me about him a long time ago
     and I must now admit that they were partially right ... After the
   good
     part, I now take the worse part, and the "fancy" bill, of course :>((
     This " gentleman" sent me back my unfinished race engine at my
   request.
     It A "only " needs flywheel, dry sump system and clutch.
     Here is what he writes to me : "As far as balancing the motor, it is
   an
     internally balanced motor.A  If you have further questions regarding
     how to set up this motor or finish, please refer to the mechanics
   your
     are using locally as I have stated previously, our professional
     relationship is over."
     US engine builders are so used in building Ford V8 engines that I
     always had my race engines built in the US vs.EU, despite what I was
     advised over here. I shall have this engine finished over here, but
     would like to be sure of what a local ( competent ) builder will tell
     me to finish this (expensive) engine will be the right solution. What
     do I need in terms of flywheel? It is a Windsor based engine, NOT a
     Cleveland ( see pics ) . When I bought it ( broken ) three years ago,
     it was supposedly delivering 640 HP.... But it has now been fully
     redone, while keeping the " good" pieces
     Many thanks for your advises.
     Pat
     Patrick Hals
     +32.476.567.898
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