Looking for a race quality non fluid dampener

rumblefish360 said
That’s great and all but failed to answer the question I asked. I appreciate the testimony though.

You asked “Why not a Fluidamper.” It’s not why not or why. It’s a fitment issue I’m trying to clear up before purchasing. You mention certain pullies to use. I’m not sure what pullies I have pictured above.

By way of your description, you just talked me out of a a Fluidamper. So that’s why I wouldn’t run one due to the need to run special pullies, the way you worded it. I need to run old pullies w/a new style water pump. That just sounds weird to me.

Hard to see things in your second picture.
I’m not understanding what I see in the first besides a thick & thin damper.

If you use a fluidamper on a 70 and newer car with an aluminum pump. You would use the lower pulley from a 69 and earlier car and the rest of the 70 pulleys would line right up.

You only have to change out the lower pulley. The depth of the early pulleys are shallow the same as the fluidamper's are thicker.

. Also the diameter on the early pulley is smaller so it would also act as an underdrive. Which many people buy after market pulleys to accomplish. So you are killing two birds with one stone.

I could not believe the difference with the fluidamper on a stock 340 . Much greater torque from start and very smooth as advertised up in RPM's

More money, But you get what you pay for. The last picture I posted is a chrome 69 chrome pulley on a fluidamper. that is the way I ran it on my 71 Duster 340 with factory 71 pulleys and everything lined up perfect, I left it on the race motor for the underdrive even though I have a Large pulley GM alternator.

I am telling you my experience with a Fluidamper. There are many others that work well for less money. So its all about what you want to spend.

Fluidampers will eliminate most all harmonics.

This is only my opinion from my experience. There are other Dampers that work well and my son buys them for many engines built here. They all work fine for the price they pay. Just not my cup of tea.