DeTomaso Mailing List: May 2001, Message #168

In a message dated 5/6/01 7:45:35 PM, FHALL@HOUSTON.RR.COM writes:

>Will a McLeod 14.214" Aluminum flywheel fit into my Windsor?
 Maybe- most small block Ford flywheels are interchangeable as to starter 
gear and bolt pattern. But more important is, how is the new flywheel 
balenced? A billet flywheel is very easy to make with no balence weights in 
it at all, which would force you to have the whole engine re-balenced to 
compensate. In addition, aluminum flywheels due to their lower strength, have 
thicker flanges where they bolt to the crankshaft. This thickness spaces your 
whole clutch backwards toward the ZF, and has caused minor problems in 
getting a stock clutch to disengage. I would call McLeod and ask them. Good 
luck- J DeRyke