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Old 10-17-2012, 06:53 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by TRBO2NR View Post
I love how people are claiming that because the lightweight pulley's work fine on other Subaru's, then it has to be fine... Come on! This is a brand new engine design, yes it is similar to other Subaru engines, but what isn't similar may be enough to enhance the problem of adding the lightweight pulley. I am not claiming that this is the cause of the OP's problem, but it is a high probability or possibility. Can people at least admit that this may have been a contributor due to the unknown's of this engine?

As for me, this is one of the last upgrades I would ever install on any car unless it is designed correctly and still includes a harmonic balancer/vibration damper like higher cost lightweight pulleys do.
Maybe there's some mechanical engineer that could chime in. I'm sure the pulley would change the engine's resonance frequency, to the point of self-destructing? I would think the boxer's balanced design wouldn't be able to self destruct in this way, but I'm not an expert.
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