Harmonic Damper
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It spins the water pump and P/S Pump faster, which doesn't do any good, just waste more power.
"not good" or "good" is relative to what you're doing.
That said, it's a TINY difference, like, a few% different/you'll never notice anyways.
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ATI engineered and designed the part. It was zero balanced with all of the parts at one point. It is necessary not only to keep the timing belt from destroying itself but to assure the pullie is balanced and that it will reduce vibrations and not create them.
Fab9 is just a retail store for the product.
Fab9 is just a retail store for the product.
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ATI engineered and designed the part. It was zero balanced with all of the parts at one point. It is necessary not only to keep the timing belt from destroying itself but to assure the pullie is balanced and that it will reduce vibrations and not create them.
Fab9 is just a retail store for the product.
Fab9 is just a retail store for the product.
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Well it's not like the manufacturer slipped in a note or anything telling me about it. You have to go to their site and find it. I stumbled across the whole belt guide thing entirely by accident while googling for something else.
edit: talked to Fab9, ATI normally puts the belt guide in the box but apparently they forgot this time. He's sending me one now. Kickass.
edit: talked to Fab9, ATI normally puts the belt guide in the box but apparently they forgot this time. He's sending me one now. Kickass.
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Well it's not like the manufacturer slipped in a note or anything telling me about it. You have to go to their site and find it. I stumbled across the whole belt guide thing entirely by accident while googling for something else.
edit: talked to Fab9, ATI normally puts the belt guide in the box but apparently they forgot this time. He's sending me one now. Kickass.
edit: talked to Fab9, ATI normally puts the belt guide in the box but apparently they forgot this time. He's sending me one now. Kickass.
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I'm going to jump out on a limb here and say that I suspect that fab9 sells open box return items. The Skunk2 throttle body that I received was not in the original packaging and I have heard that this is the case for everyone else that I have talked to. Things apparently arrive sometimes with missing components and odd abnormalities in the packaging.
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Lube the shaft and it will slip right on they said.
It's fully assembled, it will be fun and easy they said.
Emilio is out of stock, buying an ATI will save time they said.
Fast forwardone three weeks, and I've installed the super damper, bought a damper puller, uninstalled the damper to put on the belt guide.... And just discovered that I have to disassemble the whole thing to get it on because the timing belt sprocket is bigger than the internal diameter of the belt guide.
Project 90% done, 90% to go.
Edit, nevermind, the little ring on the end is apparently a press fit being retained by a tiny roll pin. This means I don't have to take it apart but it means that it better be pressed up against the crank or it can fall right off. It's not even staked in place or anything.
Update: everything back on the engine, it was surprisingly easy. Except for the part where one of my arms is holding the flywheel in place with a breaker bar and the other arm is trying to gently apply 120ft-lbs of torque to the crank bolt.
It's fully assembled, it will be fun and easy they said.
Emilio is out of stock, buying an ATI will save time they said.
Fast forward
Project 90% done, 90% to go.
Edit, nevermind, the little ring on the end is apparently a press fit being retained by a tiny roll pin. This means I don't have to take it apart but it means that it better be pressed up against the crank or it can fall right off. It's not even staked in place or anything.
Update: everything back on the engine, it was surprisingly easy. Except for the part where one of my arms is holding the flywheel in place with a breaker bar and the other arm is trying to gently apply 120ft-lbs of torque to the crank bolt.
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