Guest Luigi Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 I did search. Honest I did. new engine 4.155 bore, 3.25 stroke, 6.125 rods, peak power @~6000 redline at 6500-7000. What dampner do I use? ATI, Fluid, Rattler? The budget china made CAT fluid copy? The austrailian Pro-race elastomner (sp?) type? BHJ? I notice that the endurance vettes and the pikes peak trailblazer use ATI. I'm really on the fence about this. I'm tempted to use stock, but I had a failure long ago (different car) that scared me. Any input or experience is appreciated. thanks luigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 I would get and SFI approved balancer regardless of elastomer,"rattler" or viscous. Just another area where they will not fail your car at an NHRA/IHRA sanctioned dragstrip as well. I am inherently cheap, so would consider the elastomer CAT for about $100. I am not familiar with CATs viscous dampener. What's the price? If this is a high dollar motor, it deserves a high dollar balancer and I would run a Fluidamper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luigi Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 the CAT is not as cheap as I thought. The Fluid is $165.00. Heck the real fluidampr is $229.99. I'm leaning towards the streetdampr. At 159.99 it seems to be a good deal. Luigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 All I can offer is that the ATI is better after 7k RPM than others, which is worthless to most of us, so I'd avoid the ATI from what I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 The Fluidampner street dampener is NOT SFI approve, like I said before, do yourself a favor and get an SFI approved balancer regardless of who makes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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