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Re: School me on balancers...
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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02/15/17 01:27 AM
02/15/17 01:27 AM
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Between a rock & a hard place
cudadoug
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Between a rock & a hard place
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Dampers are one of those things I hear people say you shouldn't scrimp on, but how often do you see a damper cause a problem? I suppose the more RPM's a motor sees, the more you need to consider this piece (??). My 451 sees 6400, and I've never had a problem with this one: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/pfs-8...=MobileSwitchNo  That would be me. Twice. Summit SFI junk. Ring became unbonded to the hub. I caught the first one during a routine freshen up, but the second actually came off of the hub. Good thing it was at idle in the garage! Called Summit both times, acted like it was no big deal. Never again will I trust a "bargain" dampener.
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Re: School me on balancers...
[Re: cudadoug]
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02/15/17 01:30 AM
02/15/17 01:30 AM
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Puyallup, WA
StealthWedge67
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Puyallup, WA
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Dampers are one of those things I hear people say you shouldn't scrimp on, but how often do you see a damper cause a problem? I suppose the more RPM's a motor sees, the more you need to consider this piece (??). My 451 sees 6400, and I've never had a problem with this one: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/pfs-8...=MobileSwitchNo That would be me. Twice. Summit SFI junk. Ring became unbonded to the hub. I caught the first one during a routine freshen up, but the second actually came off of the hub. Good thing it was at idle in the garage! Called Summit both times, acted like it was no big deal. Never again will I trust a "bargain" dampener. Yeah, I readily acknowledge that it's something I should upgrade. Especially since I'm racing the car more and more these days.
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: School me on balancers...
[Re: OhioMopar]
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02/15/17 03:57 AM
02/15/17 03:57 AM
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Charleston
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Drag Week Mod Champion
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Drag Week Mod Champion
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 9,225
Charleston
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I had a CAT fluid balancer on my 493. 6 years after I built it, it went back to get aluminum caps. I got a call saying the bearings were still like new and that I could reuse them if I wanted. Changed them but that was a cheap balancer and I beat on that motor for 6 years
Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135
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Re: School me on balancers...
[Re: an8sec70cuda]
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02/15/17 01:10 PM
02/15/17 01:10 PM
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Posts: 19,318
State of confusion
Thumperdart
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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State of confusion
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I have had good sevice from ATI and Fluidamper. I tried one BHJ damper on a fairly mild 500+ hp 440 and it slipped the outer ring after about 6 months of use. No more BHJ for me.
Only bad thing about ATI is you better spray it w/ clear coat before you put it on. Otherwise you'll barely be able to read the timing marks after a year or so. Maybe where you live but not in Cally.............lol I went from a Fluidamper to an ATI and the later is glass smooth compared to some harmonics from the fd..............
72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
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