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Originally Posted by Poodles
Hence why inertia dynos have their issue  One could also use lightweight wheels to get the same effect, or remove the rear rotors (I don't recommend it, but I remember this being tested somewhere).
As all power ratings are rated essentially on torque and horsepower is calculated from RPM, there's no "real" power gain.
Maybe so (and most everyone that makes them is going to say they're just fine as they're selling it), but it would be much cheaper for an OEM to NOT use a dampened pulley if there really wasn't an issue. This is much like the 1-piece driveshaft vs 2-piece driveshaft (read up on driveshaft critical speeds). It's not a NVH issue...
Regardless, it's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a part that's not making power or looking pretty... |
Threads are there with quoted emails from Subaru themselves that the pulleys being dampened/non dampened makes no diff in regards to (worry). So not just from vendors as you state.
In regards to lighter driveshafts. I've done this and for "feel" one piece on this car is a lot nicer feeling, no clunkyness feel and yes a feel of being more peppy. Much more on a dyno? Don't know don't care either. I will get a one piece again soon and in cf.