harv8 Martyn Harvey Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (189 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 10:09PM Main British Car: MGB Rover V8, TVR Chevy V8, MGB GT Ford V8 |
BOP Flywheel
I dug this flywheel out of my basement last week. I thought it might be from a '62 Olds 215 or a Buick 215.
Now I'm not sure what it is? The diameter (not including the ring gear) is 12-7/16". Why is the surface 'dished"? The measurement between the bolts seen in the lower pic is 9-1/8". Can anyone help? Thanks, Martyn |
mgb260 Jim Nichols Sequim,WA (2461 posts) Registered: 02/29/2008 08:29PM Main British Car: 1973 MGB roadster 260 Ford V8 |
Re: BOP Flywheel
Might be the D&D flywheel for the 300 crank in 215? The flange on the 300 crank is further back. Some have used a 6 cyl Chevy Nova flywheel also.
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roverman Art Gertz Winchester, CA. (3188 posts) Registered: 04/24/2009 11:02AM Main British Car: 74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L |
Re: BOP Flywheel
It is cast iron and too thin/weak, to use as a frictional surface/ BEWARE ! roverman.
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harv8 Martyn Harvey Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (189 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 10:09PM Main British Car: MGB Rover V8, TVR Chevy V8, MGB GT Ford V8 |
Re: BOP Flywheel
Oh, OK.....it's for an automatic transmission. That makes sense, I have a few '62 Olds engine pieces kicking around!
Thanks! |
joe_padavano Joseph Padavano Northern Virginia (156 posts) Registered: 02/15/2010 03:49PM Main British Car: 1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds |
Re: BOP Flywheel
The reason why that flywheel is dished is because the Olds Rotohydramatic 5 automatic does not use a conventional torque converter. There is a fluid coupling buried in the middle of the trans. The bellhousing end simply has a splined input shaft, similar to that of a manual trans. There is a small spring-loaded hub that bolts to those six bolts in the dish of the flywheel. This hub actually looks like the center of a manual trans clutch disk.
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: BOP Flywheel
I always wondered about that.
Jim |
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Re: BOP Flywheel
Joseph Padavano
The reason why that flywheel is dished is because the Olds Rotohydramatic 5 automatic does not use a conventional torque converter. Is there anything Joe doesn't know? What I want to know is this: How many cases of beer are required to enroll in the Joe-Pa apprenticeship program? |
joe_padavano Joseph Padavano Northern Virginia (156 posts) Registered: 02/15/2010 03:49PM Main British Car: 1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds |
Re: BOP Flywheel
"Is there anything Joe doesn't know?"
Ask my ex-wives about that - you'll get an earful. |