i know the second gen is stronger but is there a noticeable difference in appearance?

I can not tell the difference between the one i pulled from my truck and the 2nd gen one i got for my 47rh swap. Perhaps someone already put a 2nd gen flex plate in mine?

 

There must be a difference because all the application listings are from 94-07... Same flex plate...

 

i am thinking that mine was replaced with 2nd gen when the previous owner did the rebuild. I took the dial caliper out and even measured the thickness of various parts on the flex plates.

 

or when iker's tranny was rebuilt someone put a cheap junker flexplate in there..... i doubt that though

maybe the previous owner did something right on your truck

 

I was told a second gen one wouldn't work on a first gen.. That was from the guys at BD, they said it was close... Unsure, I pulled a good SFI rated one off mine and installed the 2nd gen one and never looked back..

 

i find that hard to believe but who knows.

 

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So no one has seen a 1st gen and a second gen flexplate sitting right next to each other?

 

I compared the two of mine when I took the 1st gen out and it seemed like there was more metal and it was thicker. If you would like I could take pic of my first gen with my phone and send it to you, just let me know.

 

Yes. I replaced mine. They look just the same with the 2nd gen being just a tad thicker. I don't have specs.

 

Well here are the two i have, the left being what was on my truck and the right was on the 2nd gen.



the two compared 2nd gen in front the one on my truck in the back


backside 2nd gen on left and mine on the right



sorry for the blurry photos they are from my phone.

 

My 1990 ones look different: