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Craig, I would suspect that their is something wrong with the balance of the torque converter or an alignment problem. We know that the stock motor is not a monster HP producer so I don't think you would break several from fatigue. Possibly one but not more than that. Our flex palate is pretty close to the same gauge as a chevy flex plate. These withstand HP's greater than 300 all day long. I would also think that you would experience some problems with the main bearings and crank if you were out of balance bad enough to break a couple of flex plates. I recommend checking the alignment and spacing. As for whoever asked where to find a flex plate I would just hit all the Junkyards. I have not had a terrible problem finding automatic parts in the Jyard. I don't remember what type of conversion you were trying to do but remember that the autostick and fully automatic flex plates are different when you are looking for one. One has three holes and the other has four. Jason Renville ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would rather attempt something great and Fail than attempt nothing and succeed. Jason_Renville@ccm.al.intel.com 69 Fastback second owner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have had some trouble with Type III drive plates over the last year. I have had several break on me. I have yet to determine if the plates are just plain fatigue cracking from age or from a misbalanced torque converter.