Anyone ever seen a flex plate...

Croatan_Kid said:
Interesting! That's a good point about the torque converter mating with the crank. You could just machine a crank spacer to fit it and keep the same setup. As long as it's centered with the crank, it should work right?
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That or I'm looking into geting a torque converter made with a longer snout and longer pads so I dont have to run any spacers at all
 
That's a good idea too, also. Was that block salvageable or did you swap in another motor? Those things had/have pretty good power in the cars, much less in a light arse wheelin rig!
 
Got a series 3(better rods and pistons and MUCH better blower) for now. Found a low milage from an 04.
 
So you had the torque converter spaced away from the flex plate enough that the snout wasn't engaging?
 
Yep. Probably had something to do with the flexplate I'd imagine.
 
Lee got all the info he
tw89yj said:
that's a big problem! As flex plate flexes, it was likely disengaging the snout. You need to solve this issue before putting it back together.[/quote
Transman was went all the info needed this AM to get me a converter made that will have proper enagement and not use any spacers at all.
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Nah, I meant that it was probably using spacers because of the difference in spacing with the flex plate/torque converter in relation to the bellhousing depth. As far as I know, that combo was never meant to bolt together, so you just had to make it work.

I read the post about the carnage :D
 
Croatan_Kid said:
Nah, I meant that it was probably using spacers because of the difference in spacing with the flex plate/torque converter in relation to the bellhousing depth. As far as I know, that combo was never meant to bolt together, so you just had to make it work.

I read the post about the carnage :D
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u are dead on it,solution in the works
 
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