Flexplate application question

[jmlay]

Green Sales seems to have the corner on the NOS rings...

https://www.rearcounter.com/B9AZ-6A366-B-parts43548.html

[FElony]

Green Sales seems to have the corner on the NOS rings...

https://www.rearcounter.com/B9AZ-6A366-B-parts43548.html

There are several used on eBay and three NOS with surface rust from one seller. Another seller had three shiny NOS. Well, until they got swallowed by the voracious FElonious buying machine. [burp]

[ntheogen]

I've got a pile if anyone needs one. On the house.

[FElony]

I've got a pile if anyone needs one. On the house.

Can I have ten?

[gdaddy01]

no , he said one .

[FElony]

no , he said one .

Thanks for ruining my punchline.

[cammerfe]

Just to throw in a bit of complete irrelevance, the proper nomenclature for what's being called a 'flex-plate' here is 'flywheel'. About a zillion years ago, when I was operating the hub polishing operation on the converter bowls, before they were completely assembled into converters, the operation just the other side of the aisle was the 'flywheel job'. We had just started using 'electron-beam-welding' to attach the ring gear to the plate.

I believe the label 'flex plate' comes from generic motors.

KS

 

[GerryP]

Just to throw in a bit of complete irrelevance, the proper nomenclature for what's being called a 'flex-plate' here is 'flywheel'. ...

Absolutely true.  In the Ford parts books, the word flexplate appears nowhere.

[Falcon67]

I have a Performance Automotive flex plate, does it need the reinforcement ring?  Always ran a top loader previously, so I have never ran into this before    Thanks

I 100% use the ring on all my flex plates, including the SFI rated units.  I did not on a TCI neutral balance SFI plate in the past and had to junk it after one year thanks to spider cracks running out from the center.

[HarleyJack17]

"Just to throw in a bit of complete irrelevance, the proper nomenclature for what's being called a 'flex-plate' here is 'flywheel'. About a zillion years ago, when I was operating the hub polishing operation on the converter bowls, before they were completely assembled into converters, the operation just the other side of the aisle was the 'flywheel job'. We had just started using 'electron-beam-welding' to attach the ring gear to the plate.

I believe the label 'flex plate' comes from generic motors."

Boy that makes me feel better.....I keep having to correct myself...now I don't feel like I am losing my mind. HAHA.

[Dr Mabuse]

I come from the "Other West Coast", West Michigan, which is also known as GM, Chevrolet, and Corvette land.

Around here I am sometimes reminded of the difference between GM talk and Ford speak.

Besides "flexplate", known in Ford speak as an "automatic transmission flywheel" (or simply a flywheel), we have "Speed Control" which in GM talk is called "Cruise Control", and of course GM's "Positraction" in Ford speak is call "Equa-Lok" or Traction-Lok.

I am sure there are more, but those three are very common. GM and Ford enthusiasts are separate sub-cultures with different dialects. The GM types are typically beer drinkers, Southern Hill-Billies or simple farmer types, whereas Ford men are far more sophisticated and more attuned to drinking wine or bourbon, and owning a Lincoln Town Car.
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[shady]

case in point, FElony.

[FElony]

case in point, FElony.

Juss watcherself, boah. I ain't no hah-falutin' pinky-liftin' wino. You wanna be tuff lahk my own bad self heah it izzz:

Put bottle of Rumplemintz in freezer.
Put bottle of Bailey's in refrigerator.
Pour 50/50 mix for first drink; adjust to taste.
No ice; that just dilutes the experience.
Use a shot glass. Mr. Badass here used a coffee mug (also in freezer) and was a tad enthusiastic when inhaling this yummy mix. Halfway down, I failed to recall what planet I was on. Fortunately, I was on the phone with another forum member who was nice enough to call back and check on me after I had walked into various vertical components of my house structure.

He was, understandably, disappointed that I was still alive. But hey, you can't keep a good man down. Or me, either.

[cammerfe]

  (That was very well said!)

KS

[FElony]

(That was very well said!)

KS

Tell me, Ken, which you liked better... the part where I almost died, or the part where I almost died.