[WANTED] Need stock 318 flywheel for 70 dart
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Internal or external balance?
Dartswinger70
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^^^ You're kidding right...? 
Sorry..brain cramp. Was thinking 340.
branded209
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318s only have one kind bud and are internally balanced.
branded209
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Still haven't had any luck finding a flywheel if anyone knows of one or has a buddy please reach out my cars been sitting for months now
Except for 340 External balance..72 and 73
Is the correct flywheel for this application a 130T ring gear type ? I checked the Brewers listings but seemed to indicate 122T and that did not sound right to me. Thinking and knowing are two different things.
branded209
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as far as I remember ours should be a 130 tooth
junkyardhero
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122T is for early V8 in the narrow body cars with the small bellhousing (and slant six, different bolt pattern tho).
130T is for all the other V8 apps with the caveat: they are available as neutral/external balance and 6/8 bolt flange (this is greatly simplifying things, but you get the gist of it)
flywheels are available from summit, jegs, amazon, brewers, mancini, etx
branded209
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anyone local?
Jmill67
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Sent you a PM a few days ago.
I'll check tomorrow. I have a flywheel in the trunk of my Duster that I bought.
NoCar340
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LUK part number LFW215 should fit the bill nicely. It's a whopping $64 on RockAuto brand new. LUK only has it listed for 318 pickups for some reason, but their cataloguing is notoriously bad. It's a 130-tooth 'wheel, same as a car, and there's nothing different about a truck 318 (2WD bellhousing, starter, clutch, and throwout bearing are all the same). Don't know that I'd use it with slicks and Cal-Tracs, but for a driver? Hell yes.
Using the old Direct Connection diagrams, a machine shop can "unbalance" it for 360 and external-balance 340, 383 (1971 cast crank), 400, and 440 applications. I had one done for a 360. It cost more than the flywheel!
Using the old Direct Connection diagrams, a machine shop can "unbalance" it for 360 and external-balance 340, 383 (1971 cast crank), 400, and 440 applications. I had one done for a 360. It cost more than the flywheel!
branded209
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the truck flywheel are wider aren't they?
branded209
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gentlemen I apologize I just got out of the hospital, I wasn't trying to ignore anyone. Had a major motorcycle accident, lady cut me off I had a thoroughfare she had a stop sign and she just came right out in front of me, I dodged into the lane beside me to get away and well she cut me off again. I hit the side of her suv and got tossed like a shop rag. left arm snapped in half, wrist shattered, thumb broken. hip fractured, right knee was replaced, right leg broken, ankle and foot. left ankle and the long bone that goes to my pinky toe.
Truck are 11 inch. Heavier for off idle torque during towing and hauling.
branded209
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i thought so my clutch wouldn't fit on the truck one I tried
Ouch, not fun times.
NoCar340
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No. In D100/150 applications it's the same starter, same clutch, same throwout bearing and same transmission from about 1976-87.
D100/150 are 10.95", which use a 130-tooth flywheel (same as '70-'74 B/RB and '70-'71 Hemi).
Which exact model/configuration truck did you have? There are several truck flywheels, including 2WD and 4WD, with 10.5", 10.95", 11", 12", and 14" clutches.
The flywheel on RockAuto is a car flywheel that also happens to fit mid-'70s to late 1980s D100/!50 models.
branded209
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it's to get my car back on the road the prices they are asking for the fancy new ones are ridiculously high.
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