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Old 08-29-2015, 05:37 PM   #41
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You don't find a harmonic balancer on every oem. You find a steel paperweight with a tiny strip of rubber.
Why would they pay for something that is dramatically less expensive? Gee I wonder. Same reason the 86's aren't FI from the factory, same reason they used Prius tires, same reason everyone who wants to track it needs an oil cooler, etc.
To the untrained eye, intuitively, it may seem flimsy when actually its just stiff enough so the fundamental mode is some known margin above the highest input frequency. That way, it's <cough> cheaper to make.

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The NVH argument is not bs. Thinking that tiny strip of rubber actually does anything is bs. If you want to see a real harmonic damper and piece that actually helps to balance an engine go look at actual engines that are externally balanced. There is a gigantic difference.
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