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427 Stroker vibrations

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  • Start date Start date Mar 2, 2008

gt500lw

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Hey guys, and gals

So here is the story. I took out my bad ass little 289 and built a 427 stroker from a 351W. The crank, fly wheel, pressure plate, and harmonic balancer were all balanced together, and then balanced again when they had to shave off some of the counter weight from the crank so it would rotate in the block correctly. So there I am with my big bad 427 stroker, and it vibrates like an SOB at about 3500 rpm's and higher. Below that it is fine. It does it in gear, out of gear, clutch in, clutch out, moving or not, running or not (just making sure you were still with me).

I had a couple of thoughts.

1. Motor mounts, but on visual inspection look fine, they are the stock mounts
2. Too small of a carb, total pull out of my butt guess, could it be causing "lean misses"?
3. Vaccum advance not working properly, hence the problem above 3500 rpm's
4. It is just that freakin bad that nothing can stop it.

Truth be told I don't know. Hope you can help?
 
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D.Hearne

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None of the above. The engine's dynamic balance is still not correct. Pull it and find a new machine shop to rebalance everything.
 
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67rcks

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I would suspect moving parts in the engine assuming your final balance is correct. Was the 351 in running condition before the stroking? Did you check crankshaft's lateral will, bearing and their journals, mazbe cam journals for excessive wear?
 

gt500lw

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:damnit: :damnit: :damnit: CRAP!!!!!
 
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