Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: Fluidampr
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: Fluidampr
Thank you for the positive feedback.
Again, I am here if you have any questions.
Ivan @ Fluidampr
Ivan;
Do your (or any others') dampers/hb's have any effect at all on even a
minor/slight internal imbalance in the rotating assembly over the stock piece, or is it ONLY and exclusively the firing thrust hamonics/vibrations they control/minimize ??
A elastomeric damper may or may not help depending if the vibrations put out by the imbalance occur within the frequency range the damper was tuned for. This damper will not correct an imbalance.
A Fluidampr will help absorb a small amount of the vibrations put out by an imbalance but again does not correct the imbalance. Suggestion here on a built engine is to have the rotating assembly properly balanced to remove imbalance.
-Ivan
THANK YOU!
If I ever have Katech build me my 'dream engine' from scratch, the rotating assembly will be balanced down to a trillionth of a gram or so!
(And it will have the
capability to spin in excess of 9500 revs without damage, albeit it will make it's power MUCH lower than that, of course.
)
But yes, I was asking about MY factory assembly line built engine.
I have one of your 740111s on order as we speak. It looks like I am going to replace the timing set, and oil pump while the balancer is out of the way (gotta try for another 150K+ miles
).
You are welcome.
I am not sure if I pointed it out earlier but one of the key advantages of our viscous damper is that as long as you do not lose the press fit, the Fluidampr will last the life of the engine. There is no elastomeric that needs to be rebuilt or retuned.
Also, the 740111 incorporates the stock size serpentine pulley out of aluminum over our steel damper. This is one of my favorite designs we offer and you will be very happy with the quality.