James_Douglas Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Anyone know why they made two different thickness of balancers? Was one for a stick and the other fluid drive? I have both in my parts bins, and I always wondered what was up with that. James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 The thin-lightweight one was for NASCAR racing! DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kencombs Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just a guess, but since they are really dampeners rather that balancers, the thick one isn't needed when that big old coupling is hanging off the back. It probably does a good job of dampening the torsional pulses all by itself. Then there is also thea large range of dampener and pulley combinations for the 230/218s. Some are just a pulley bolted to a hub,, some are an integral pulley and hub, some are a seperate hub, pulley, and dampener weight. Then there are the big, multi-groove cast iron monsters on some military engines. Who knows what the various engineers over the years calculated as necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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