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6-Pack Rods on 1969??? #2447132
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Did the 1969 A-12 6-pack cars have the 6-Pack rods? Or they came out in 70?


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Originally Posted By Dean_Kuzluzski
they came out in 70

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From what I understand the 69 440 six packs have the smaller LY rods, just like rs23u1g says. I believe the larger "6-pack" rods came on 70-71 six pack AND 70-73 HP 4bbl. 440's


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The 69 A12’s came with LY Rods. (The A12’s also had standard 440 nylon cam timing gears in case you were wondering). You can use the heavier 70 sixpack rods but you have to add a lot of weight to balance the crank and reciprocating mass. The LY rods are fine unless you are building a monster motor. You would be better off buying lighter and stronger aftermarket rods than going with the heavier 70 rods.

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Originally Posted By RoadRunnerJD
The 69 A12’s came with LY Rods. (The A12’s also had standard 440 nylon cam timing gears in case you were wondering). You can use the heavier 70 sixpack rods but you have to add a lot of weight to balance the crank and reciprocating mass. The LY rods are fine unless you are building a monster motor. You would be better off buying lighter and stronger aftermarket rods than going with the heavier 70 rods.


You know, I've had "big rod" & "small rod" cranks side by side & they sure look the same. I "thought" all the extra weight for balancing the big rods was in the harmonic balancer + flywheel/torque converter???


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Originally Posted By PurpleBeeper
Originally Posted By RoadRunnerJD
The 69 A12’s came with LY Rods. (The A12’s also had standard 440 nylon cam timing gears in case you were wondering). You can use the heavier 70 sixpack rods but you have to add a lot of weight to balance the crank and reciprocating mass. The LY rods are fine unless you are building a monster motor. You would be better off buying lighter and stronger aftermarket rods than going with the heavier 70 rods.


You know, I've had "big rod" & "small rod" cranks side by side & they sure look the same. I "thought" all the extra weight for balancing the big rods was in the harmonic balancer + flywheel/torque converter???


It is. The big rod motors are "externally" balanced

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If you are working on a 1969 A12, I assume you would not want to externally balance it.

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The big rod motors are "externally" balanced


How does one explain the 440 motor home engines that have the big rods (6 pack?) and a normal small steel crank type balancer? I have at least 2 of them. shruggy


Yeah, it's hopped up to over 160...
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Originally Posted By jt4406
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The big rod motors are "externally" balanced


How does one explain the 440 motor home engines that have the big rods (6 pack?) and a normal small steel crank type balancer? I have at least 2 of them. shruggy


http://www.440source.com/dampers.htm


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Re: 6-Pack Rods on 1969??? [Re: 6PakBee] #2447938
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OK, thanks for the link, lots of good info there up
But, if I understand it correctly, it states:

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3614371, used on forged crank engines from 1972-75. Appearance and dimensions are the same as above, the only difference is the pulley bolt pattern in the 72 and later, which is symmetrical. These continued to be used as part 3830183 for 1976-79. Another important fact is that even though six pack rods continued to be used up until 1975 in HP and truck 440's with steel cranks, they did NOT use this damper (#3512017, commonly known as a "six-pack" damper). any 73-75 steel crank 440 (with either six pack or standard rods) would have come with the 3614371 damper. We have found this to be absolutely true.


So, I still don't understand, UNLESS maybe the reduced weight of the pistons ( due to a shorter distance from pin cl to top to reduce compression ?) offset the weight of the rod? shruggy

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Yeah, it's hopped up to over 160...
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WOW!....JT & 6pack this is new information for me. What I'm getting from all this is confusing me.

1. I have a '73 big-rod motor in my car right now with modified TRW pistons.
a. I remember buying the short block without a balancer
b. I bought a balancer WITH the offset weight and put it on this motor
c. I recall "something" about crank pulley bolt holes not lining up
d. I balanced the motor, so regardless I should be OK
e. My engine is a hodge-podge of various years....so who knows what any of this means.

2. I don't know squat about balancer part numbers, just weight, no weight and thick cast crank (with weight)

3. I wish I had a little bit more info from "above" in JT's quote.

4. If I'm interpreting this correctly (?) then...
a. 3614371 (72-75) + 3830183 (76-79, likely truck/industrial) balancers are symmetrical (no weight) and are for internally balanced, forged crank engines.
b. 3512017 "six pack" dampener must have only been used in '70-'71 big rod 440's (either 6-pack or 4bbl. HD)
c. 3614371 (73-75 HD) steel crank/truck with big OR small rods must be symmetrical (no weight) and:
c1) This pistons must be so much lighter vs. the older pistons that you achieve "balance" without the dampener weight (? -this doesn't make sense)
c2)big rod vs. small rod 73-75 HD 440's got VERY different pistons so the big rod motors had much lighter pistons (total piston + rod weight = same for big rod & small rod)
c3) MORE LIKELY - the torque converters must have more weight on them for big rod motors in 73-75 (or flywheels? - did they make big-rod '73 440 4spd's?)

This hurts my head.... what am I missing?


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Originally Posted By PurpleBeeper
WOW!




For a definitive answer, forward this manifesto to Bob K...

AKA 'Mr. SixPack'...

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Originally Posted By jt4406


So, I still don't understand, UNLESS maybe the reduced weight of the pistons ( due to a shorter distance from pin cl to top to reduce compression ?) offset the weight of the rod?


Bingo.


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73-up 440s with big rods have a large notch cut out of one crank throws to achieve balance.

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73-up 440s with big rods have a large notch cut out of one crank throws to achieve balance


I cannot argue with this.....comparison pics?


Yeah, it's hopped up to over 160...
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You know, I do seem to recall a big notch out of the one of the crank throws on my 73 big rod motor. So I didn't need to buy that offset weight balancer after all, huh? I just had the oil pan off, but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures frown


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I've used the heavy rods and .030 over TRW replacement slugs without the offset balancer numerous times...The machine shop didn't have any issues balancing the assembly and there's never been any harmonic vibrations... twocents







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