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7 Hot Engine CombosMild To Wild Small- and Big-Block

 
 
 
 
 
 
harmonic_balancers.jpgThe most common type of balancer is similar to an OEM replacement piece, which is an elastomeric damper that employs a thin line of synthetic rubber to bond the outer damper ring to the hub. A second design, the Fluidampr, uses a free-floating ring inside a sealed case that tunes out crankshaft vibrations over a wide rpm band. Another quality design is the ATI balancer, which is a friction-type balancer. Put simply, a harmonic balancer is a hub of iron mated to a ring of iron by an energy-absorbing source such as those listed above. In theory, when the crankshaft develops a vibration, the rubber, free-floating ring, or steel balls match that vibration to the iron ring and dampen the internal parts of your engine.