[DeTomaso] Harmonic balancer

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Mon May 5 14:09:38 EDT 2014


I wanted the best and bought the ATI ati balancer 918900 461$   Balance is everything!  Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: cengles at cox.net
>Sent: May 5, 2014 2:00 PM
>To: boyd411 at gmail.com
>Cc: detomaso at poca.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Harmonic balancer
>
>Dear Boyd,
>
>
>               There are lots of options.  I would not recommend the 
>Rattler type balancer, although it might do well in a stock or mildly 
>modified application.  You could simply get a Ford replacement or 
>equivalent aftermarket stock type replacement if economy is paramount.
>
>
>                The best ones that I am familiar with are ATI, BHJ and 
>Rollmaster (IIRC).   I recently bought a BHJ harmonic balancer and it 
>was a little less than $300.  ATI and Rollmaster are in the same range I 
>believe.
>
>
>                I suppose that in terms of bang for the buck a stock 
>type replacement would be adequate for most uses.  If your mildly 
>modified engine gets flogged, then it I would recommend one of the above 
>balancers.  They're relatively expensive for a boring engine part, but a 
>good balancer.......is still boring, but better in the long run for hipo 
>engines.
>
>
>                       FWIW,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Boyd Casey wrote:
>
>> I just found out that my Harmonic balancer is shot. I have noticed a 
>> wide
>> range of prices from just over $100 to close to $500 ( I'm sure if i 
>> tried
>> I could find some that were even more expensive. What is the consensus 
>> as
>> far as the harmonic balancer best suited to a Pantera with 351 
>> Cleveland
>> that has been mildly modified? I don't want to spend more money then 
>> is
>> necessary  , but I also don't want junk. Any pointers or suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> Boyd
>>
>>
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