Harmonic Balancer

68 Coronet RT said
Doctor of thinkology, I really do believe I know the difference between a 10 balancer and a 500 dollar one. Maybe I should have worded my post a little differently so you would have understood my post. How about this, who makes a good aftermarket Harmonic Balancer around 300 bucks.

I was trying to find your budget. That was my point. As I've posted many times, and the reasons for it, I never use an elastomer style damper. Ever. I don't care what name is on it.

If you are willing to spend that much, I've seen some new Fluidampers for sale here on FABO. For around the money you want to spend. I'd have zero issue buying a used one, as long as the hub isn't fractured at the key way.

You can always buy a new Fluidamper Chinese knock off. I'm running one on my current engine.

The issue with ANY elastomer style damper is that it starts to loose its effectiveness almost immediately. Age, heat and use causes the rubber to break down, and with that break down, the damper loses its effectiveness. They also have a much more limited RPM range than something like a FD or an Innovators West type damper.

Chrysler spent a ton of money evaluating dampers and they settled on the FD. That should say something.

The elastomer damper was used by the factory because they are cheap to make and work well enough for an engine they knew most of the time never saw RPM's over 3500-3800. If that.

Just my .02.