617 harmonic balancer question
 

i have a '79 617 turbo which died and a 78 non turbo i swapped into the car

the turbo has a sensor on the timing marker i believe its for the tach. the balancer also has slight differences the largest being it has a rod protruding
from it i belive this is the other part to the tach. Is it magnetic?

my question is can i swap the balancer from the turbo to the non along with
the timing marker and sensor?

i dont know from experience, but seeing as how the cranks are different with a longer nose on the turbo car, my best guess is no. i think that the hb on the turbo car is quite a bit bigger also.


tom w

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I hope you left the non-turbo engine turboless. YOU WILL BREAK THE CRANK. The non-turbo cranks are NOT hardened. You can't even turn down a turbo crank with out it failing.

yes i left it turboless
thanks for the warning though

hmmmm we did. but i sold the car off a few months later.

tom w