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98 Eddie with 302 V8 engine question.

tregare

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The manuals I have for these beasts mention balance shafts but dont say if it is only the v6 engines that have them. I have a 98 eddie with a V8 that I had to pull (missing the top 1/2 inch of the face on the #7 piston) and I have yet to finish tearing it down.

before I go to the trouble of tearing it all the way down, is it supposed to have a balance shaft? it looks like someone swapped engines on this beast as the exhaust bolts between the pipes and manifolds were all crossthreaded :(

this beast is for my mother to drive so I dont want to just throw another V8 in there that doesn't have a shaft if it is supposed to.
 






The 5.0 does not have a balance shaft.
 






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