5.7 harmonic balancer

Galvez83

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Folks can someone advise me regarding an engine swap i did from 5.0gi PEFS to a 5.7. Everything is the same exept the engine. The issue i am having is that the new 5.7 has a lot of vibration. To the point of tossing the serpentine belt off the crank pulley. The balancer is new 8 inch because the old one was doing the same thing after transfer. I thought it was the balancer but clearly i was wrong. The balancer for the old 5.0gi pefs is 3856924. The balancer is 8 inch in diameter. The question is is the balancer for the 5.0 the same as the 5.7? The current balance is installed correctly and bottomed out in crackshaft.
 

Bondo

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Ayuh,.... Both the flywheels, 'n harmonic balancers are interchangeable 'tween the GM 5.0l, 'n 5.7l motors,....
 

Scott Danforth

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You pull one spark plug at a time and observe idle RPM. Every cylinder should drop 40--50 RPM. When you get a cylinder that doesn't drop, you have a dead cylinders

If pulling a plug wire results in a higher idle, you have cross-firing happening
 
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