" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> " " On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Sandwich Maker wrote: " " " " > yeah, that's a point. is the flywheel or bellhousing actually any " > different though? afaik the 8 1/2" and 9 1/8" both have the same " > bolt pattern. they definitely use the same release bearing. " " Nope, totally different circle diameter, about 1" diameter " difference. I'll measure later if anyone cares. I think Frank " talked about a double-drilled flywheel, but mine aren't. I have " one of each; in fact the 9" (OK, 9.25") flywheel came off the 69 " Jav 232 I think, or at least some other 232 -- so I can tell you " for certain that a 195.6 and pre-72 flywheel really are the same. the 199/232/258 flywheel's two patterns are the 9" and a 10.5". the difference is just over 1" since the 9" with 5/16" bolts just squeezes in a 10" disk and the 10.5" with 3/8" bolts just takes an 11" disk. i didn't know that 196 flywheels also had two patterns. i do know the 9" clutch covers 196s up to 258s of the mid '70s. " I neglected to mark the flywheel position on the crank! Crap! I " assume there's the one offset bolt there. The 232 is internally " balanced, so I hope the 195.6 is too! i'm pretty sure that all inline sixes are neutral balanced based on the basic physics of crank throws and firing order. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list