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BrentonRose
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From: Avondale, Arizona
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 08-11-2001 03:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BrentonRose   Click Here to Email BrentonRose     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would like to buy a kit and do this myself, but from what I understand the block needs machining for the 347 kit. Does this mean I not only need the crank, and rods, but pistons as well? What about the 331 kits does it need the same machine work on the block? Thanks everybody.

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7DMACH1
Gearhead

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From: PHILA. PA.
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posted 08-11-2001 03:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 7DMACH1   Click Here to Email 7DMACH1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes plus the whole mass should be rebalanced along with the damper, crank pulley, flex plate, flywheel, clutch and presure plate.

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JAAZZY
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From: Bay Area, CA
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posted 08-11-2001 03:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for JAAZZY     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From what I understand you need the crank, rods and pistons. The pistons are built with the pin offset to take some of the stress away from the cylinder walls. I have a 347 in my 65. It has only been in for a week and I have a few other problems but the motor seems great. I don't know of any special machining needed in the block.

- Jas

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Originally posted by BrentonRose:
I would like to buy a kit and do this myself, but from what I understand the block needs machining for the 347 kit. Does this mean I not only need the crank, and rods, but pistons as well? What about the 331 kits does it need the same machine work on the block? Thanks everybody.

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Mpcoluv
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From: Charlotte NC usa
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 08-11-2001 05:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mpcoluv   Click Here to Email Mpcoluv     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think the bottoms of the bores have to be notched slightly to clear the rods.
Jazzy, I bet your machine shop did this for you.
One of the recent MM&FF mags show this being done when installing a coast high performance 347 kit in a late model 5.0.

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