1969 Chevy Chevelle harmonic balancer

1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE
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REICH82
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1969 Chevy Chevelle V8 Two Wheel Drive Manual

is a chevy 396 an internally or externally balanced motor
Feb 28, 2010 at 6:07 PM
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HMAC300
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externally balanced
Mar 5, 2010 at 8:00 PM
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MR TED
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A 396 is an internally balanced engine.

366,396,402,427 big blocks are all internally balanced the 454 is externally balanced.
The 265,283 302,307,327,350 small blocks are internally balanced a 400 small block is externally balanced.
most of the new crate engines from the dealerships are externally balanced.
DO NOT use a harmonic balancer for an externally balanced engine on a internally balanced engine and vise-a-versa.
Mar 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM