Engine: Historic question...

[64V-K7]

... and it never dawned on me until this AM, while reading the Feb 1987 Cooperator..
Crankshafts...
difference between full-flow and partial flow engines.....

Are the oil holes in late 1962 V8 (full-flow) crankshafts drilled differently than the partial flow crankshafts, making the two non-interchangeable?

[PackardV8]

Would be news to me. Most any V8 crank (and connecting rods) I've ever had has been swapped into any V8 block and worked well.

jack vines

[64studeavanti]

The only difference i know of is the lenght of the snout to accommodate all the Avanti pulleys. Otherwise, they are the same.

[Dwain G.]

The main bearing oil holes WERE relocated in the SIX cylinder engines with full-flow. New bearings have two sets of holes in the bearing shell and they can be used in earlier engines as well. However, you CANNOT use the earlier main bearings in a full-flow engine.