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Poor Dean only sees me when there’s a problem. Kind of like a doctor.

That's an interesting challenge. You're taking to the right place.

He is going to have to start charging you rent.

That's a really strong looking crankshaft in that engine!!! Imagine if they used one like that in Model T engines, maybe then we wouldn't have so many broken crankshafts now!
Just my opinion....
Keith

Rob, what’s the crankshaft condition as far as straight, and uncracked at the flange? Does it use through bolts and nuts? It’s hard to tell from the photos but it doesn’t look that bad. The dowel pins are worn, but reaming/boring the holes just slightly should work. Not unheard of to make a stepped pin with two different sizes on it. The bolts could also be custom made to be a tighter fit to reduce the shearing possibility. An interesting project. A very light facing of the flange could help too. I presume the end play distance isn’t too critical? Good luck!

Thanks Keith and Bill,
It looks like the flange is ok, flat and straight. The flywheel threads were taken out, and a few bolt holes in the flange hogged out. It looks like we're going with a Model T flywheel, minus hardware. As Dean suggested, we can always add additional weight, or rebuild the original flywheel if we don't like the results.

Below, I haven't decided what the "official' title of this video should be. Currently, choices are:

1. "Taking the 300 cubic inch motor out of a Toyota Prius"

2. "1910 Ford Hybrid"

3. "That's one helluva a dog you have there, mister......."

Click on the link and follow the instructions to watch this 2 min video on dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztoceb8ci0go6 ... 2.mp4?dl=0

Do you even need low gear with that?

Pat, actually, barely. I would like to find a way to get a diff high gear ratio of 2.00:1 to 2.75:1. 1st can be whatever the ratio becomes. It has way more power/torque than needed in low. The few race specs I’ve found, these Ford Specials were running 2:1 and 1.5:1, in hill climbs. Currently I have 3:1 gears and 32 inch tires, but it should be geared higher. I was driving about 60-65 mph and accelerating when the flywheel and crankshaft chose to go at different speeds….

This motor, maybe because of the auxiliary exhaust ports, is the fastest accelerating motor I’ve been around in an old car. It reminds me of the Chebby small block in my 69 Camaro (a long time ago) the way it raps up.

I need to learn to have a lighter foot (hand…).