Sirrotica,
Thanks for the reply. Everything that you mentioned is pretty much way over my head but the friends that are helping me that live near me are watching this thread..so that helps. I think we are going to pull the converter back and see if the noise is still present. Since I have a new balanced flexplate, I assume we should just install it huh? I don't know if that's going to help or not but since I have it and its balanced, I assume we just install it. I went back and looked at the dyno video and I didn't hear it either. I don't know if it's because it was pretty loud at the time of dyno though, since I wasn't there. When the motor was installed and running, we heard the knocking sound. After many hours of diagnosis and replacing parts we decided it was best to pull the motor and take a look at the windage tray. We did notice only 1 washer was used to space the windage tray when normally Paul uses two washers. We did notice some witness marks on the windage tray so we added some spacing. I think the noise from the windage tray masked the knocking noise that we hear now.
TedRamAirII,
Unfortunately, I think we have some more testing to do. I certainly wish I knew more about cars to do this myself but I do trust the friends that are helping me. I have no clue about the clearance of the oil pump shaft and the camshaft You had good suggestions..thank you.
ponchjoe,
Hopefully we'll be able to work on the car and we'll take a look at what you mentioned.
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