Ritter Dyno Mule

[NC Engine Builder]

Okay.
Offer TWO part numbers. The right one, and one for a bad crank.
They don't wanna do that, so anybody with a GOOD crank has to deal with a balancer for a bad crank......

You can also mic YOUR crankshaft, send the dimension to ATI, and for $40 they will precision hone it to your particular crankshaft.

 

[MMissile]

There can be a lot of variation even in the tolerances of new parts being produced, let alone something that's been beat on for 100,00 miles.

 

[RustyRatRod]

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That's about the size of it.

 

[TT5.9mag]

Okay.
Offer TWO part numbers. The right one, and one for a bad crank.
They don't wanna do that, so anybody with a GOOD crank has to deal with a balancer for a bad crank......

Some of us actually prefer to have parts made undersized so we CAN make them a perfect fit to our application.

 

[RAMM]

Do you have problems with stones catching the keyway?

Nope, but you can't start spinning the hone to close to the keyway slot. J.Rob

 

[RAMM]

No, but there are tricks if you dont have a mandrel to do it. You can fill the keyway with bondo, let it harden, then hone away easy peasy

You dont have to do that at all...try it. J.Rob

 

[NC Engine Builder]

You dont have to do that at all...try it. J.Rob

I didn't, I was just mentioning there are ways to do it.

 

[RAMM]

You can also mic YOUR crankshaft, send the dimension to ATI, and for $40 they will precision hone it to your particular crankshaft.

Takes 10 mins.....Im dumb, dont think it ever makes it on the bill. J.Rob

 

[AUSA66]

My machinist uses extra wide stones so they dont catch on the keyway

 

[RAMM]

This how my last one came off, from my builder. We did 5 great gen-2 hemi engines, then my SBM was an absolute horror-show. We no longer have communications between us. I'm spending 10K to repair the **** caused from whatever his reason for the terrible assembly.

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Very similar experience here with a local engine building legend in Circle Track.....I absolutely hated seeing his engines come in with an ATI damper on because I knew his shop and equipment well....and he did not have the capability or maybe the knowledge of having to hone the ATIs especially.....I have no idea how he got them on....but I have to use heat and F the hub and have broken my dampener pullers and spent up to 2 hrs getting the bastards off! Oddly enough the cranks are almost always cracked when my crank guy Magnaglows them. J.Rob

 

[MMissile]

All the hemi engines, have zero issues and ATI balancers.. He just stuck it in my *** on the SBM for some reason. [lots of issues] Was a good friend for 25-30 years.

 

[pink340swinger]

Honing a steel hub damper to the correct fit is the proper way and the only type of balancer that should be used in a high performance engine is one that needs honed to fit. Aluminum hubs can be put in boiling water and put on but still should be honed for the proper interference fit. Too big and it will literally weld itself to the crank, too small and it and the crank and thrust bearings can be damaged during install as well as being extremely hard to get back off. Any engine builder worth a sh*t knows this for a fact as there have been numerous engineering studies and reports on dampers. Read the instructions on any of the good aftermarket dampers for the correct dimensions you need for that particular damper.

 

[NC Engine Builder]

Maybe making noise again next week

 

[qkcuda]

Hopefully a better noise than last time.

 

[Icetech]

Maybe making noise again next week

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thing looks great, love the oil pan... are those T&D rockers?

 

[NC Engine Builder]

thing looks great, love the oil pan... are those T&D rockers?

Jesel

 

[rumblefish360]

Jesel

Who’s oil pan?

What’s that elbow on the right down low?

 

[NC Engine Builder]

Who’s oil pan?

What’s that elbow on the right down low?

The oil pan is a kevco, semi-custom design. The elbows are for external oil drain from the cylinder heads. The ritter block doesn't really have enough oil return path for a conventional wet sump setup in my opinion. Also we wanted to eliminate as much windage as reasonably possible.

 

[Icetech]

The oil pan is a kevco, semi-custom design. The elbows are for external oil drain from the cylinder heads. The ritter block doesn't really have enough oil return path for a conventional wet sump setup in my opinion. Also we wanted to eliminate as much windage as reasonably possible.

does the ritter have a 1/2" pickup orifice?

 

[NC Engine Builder]

does the ritter have a 1/2" pickup orifice?

Not sure I understand what you mean. It uses a std melling m72 pump.

 

[Icetech]

Not sure I understand what you mean. It uses a std melling m72 pump.

yeah.. cause my stupid brain was thinking of the big block setup for no reason at all.... jesus....

 

[Icetech]

seems that at 7am i'm barely awake and stupid.. and by 4pm i'm wore out from work and stupid.... starting to think time of the day has nothing to do with it

 

[NC Engine Builder]

seems that at 7am i'm barely awake and stupid.. and by 4pm i'm wore out from work and stupid.... starting to think time of the day has nothing to do with it

I suffer from the EXACT same condition.