Thoughts On This "Heavy Duty" Flexplate?

[RSWORDS]

hhhmmm Only $54...

CAT high performance flexplates are manufactured from stamped, cold rolled, and non-resulfurized carbon steel plate. The 5/32" thickness of the stamped plate is much heavier than OEMs for superior strength. The heavy gauge steel plate is double Argon gas welded to gear ring. The high manganese carbon steel gear ring is machined by CNC machine centers for superior wear resistance for engines frequently kicked on and off. All CAT flexplates are tested to 12,500 RPM for explosion proof in compliance with SFI 29.1 specification. Surface is yellow dichromate finished for rust resistance and appearance.

Here is there site
http://www.catpep.com/catproducts/flywh ... plates.asp

And teh actual Flex Plate
http://www.catpep.com/catproducts/produ ... FP-359.asp

[RSWORDS]

Looks like teh same one that snoot is running... (3rd post)
http://www.1stgen.org/viewtopic.php?t=2192

[redneckroot]

I had one on my last truck and just picked one up for the one I'm working on now. Never had any issues with it. But I have broke a few stockers before

[Begle1]

Says that it works for the B-series Cummings engines, gotta be a good one.

Looks like the one I got. I got mine from PATC off of eBay. Haven't needed it yet.

[RSWORDS]

I had one on my last truck and just picked one up for the one I'm working on now. Never had any issues with it. But I have broke a few stockers before

Did you get it from these guys?

I wonder if it will be better then a 2nd gen plate...

[SNOOT]

I got mine from PDR in Canada about 6 years ago after breakng the stock one. Its been a trooper for me with no problems. I did ask the people at Georend about it when I built my trans last year. They said it was a coin toss on weather you got a good one or bad one. Problems pointed out to me at the time. Thicker flex plate ment it moves your TQ converter back a small amount. This could cause input clearance issues with the covert into the trans. I have not had any issues with mine to date. They also said that they had seen some the were out of balance or out of round that caused vibration. Again not the case to date with mine but you must be aware of this. You can have it checked before installing it. A good engine builder should be able to check it for pretty cheep.

The price on the adds above are great I think I paid 154.00 for mine at the time. A guy couldnt go wrong buying a couple and selling them on e-bay. I may explore this caues that seems like a real good deal.

Nice post.

Here are a few pictures of mine during my trans swap.