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Originally Posted by hojs69
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Look at the crankshaft photos!
There's a front counterweight, there's a rear counterweight, and there's a bunch of iron in-between saying "Daddy, when I grow up, can I be a counterweight just like you and Mom?"
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Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN
the turbo engine was having crankshaft issues...
...they had found 3 Pontiac 301's that were locked up!!! They were enthusiastic in their endevour. Until they took the oil pans off. All 3 had broken crankshafts
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Not surprising.
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Originally Posted by b-man
flimsy non-counterweighted crank lower ends... siamesed intake ports. Yuck.
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Pontiac did the siamesed ports on the "Iron Duke" also. Made a big deal of it in their SAE paper, as if it were a good thing.
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Originally Posted by srmmmm
The crankshaft strength limited maximum design output to 280 HP. But the fully dressed engine was 110 pounds lighter than the 350 which helped offset the power drop.
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I knew they were lighter, but I didn't know they were that much lighter!