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flatmanweb · 01-17-2025, 08:49 AM

Can someone give me the length of a bare 1946-48 engine block from the front where the cam cover bolts on to the rear where the transmission attaches?

The reason I need this is because I have a 296 CI engine in my 34 roadster that many years ago had the flywheel explode and it broke off most of the bell housing.
Another bell housing section was used to repair it but it has had bad clutch chatter ever since (for the past 40 years). I have done every thing possible to correct the chatter except level the back of the bell housing to match the front of the block. My machine shop can do this but I would like to know the correct original length for reference.
Thank you in advance.

01-17-2025, 08:49 AM	#1
flatmanweb Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 11	59A engine block length Can someone give me the length of a bare 1946-48 engine block from the front where the cam cover bolts on to the rear where the transmission attaches? The reason I need this is because I have a 296 CI engine in my 34 roadster that many years ago had the flywheel explode and it broke off most of the bell housing. Another bell housing section was used to repair it but it has had bad clutch chatter ever since (for the past 40 years). I have done every thing possible to correct the chatter except level the back of the bell housing to match the front of the block. My machine shop can do this but I would like to know the correct original length for reference. Thank you in advance.