uh, take out the harmonic balancer? it's really not neccesary..
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Originally posted by Dozyproductions View PostSo why is it there?Mtech1 v8 build thread - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...d.php?t=413205
OEM v8 manual chip or dme - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho....php?p=4938827
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FYI, Ireland Engineering has reported that they were actually seeing pre-mature wear on their higher HP cars that kept the harmonic balancers. They run all their cars without the balancer now.Erick Mahle | FullOpp Drift | YouTube
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Originally posted by Mr. Anderson...one of the most hardcore E30's around. :D
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Originally posted by Dozyproductions View PostSo why is it there?
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Only 1 out of 3 of my transmissions came with the HB. All of them are mated to M20 6-cylinders, so no difference there.
The small guibo 260 in my '87 iS came with the HB installed. My big-guibo'd 260 and 245 tranny didnt have balancers. Both came from the factory without balancers.
That's how I determined that it wasnt important. If it didnt have it from the factory, then it must not be important. I took it off my standard 260 as well, all I had to do was grind the hell out of a deep socket to make a custom thin-wall.
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Originally posted by Dozyproductions View Postnot to discredit anyone because it really really isn't my intention. But how do you guys figure this out? I mean was there some specific testing done for these conclusions or the fact that it's some what known that the "known function" of a harmonic balancer is just merely hearsay?
Normal wear.
Ireland Engineering builds and races many cars, and I took what they said based on their likely experience. :)Erick Mahle | FullOpp Drift | YouTube
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Originally posted by Mr. Anderson...one of the most hardcore E30's around. :D
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Originally posted by Dozyproductions View Postnot to discredit anyone because it really really isn't my intention. But how do you guys figure this out? I mean was there some specific testing done for these conclusions or the fact that it's some what known that the "known function" of a harmonic balancer is just merely hearsay?
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Originally posted by rwdrift View PostI have been running my car without a harmonic balancer for 10k miles and the track car for 20 track events+
Normal wear.
Ireland Engineering builds and races many cars, and I took what they said based on their likely experience. :)
because some of us have been modifying e30s for 5-10+ years and have been down that road already.
I get that your trying to help me and your opinion along with some other people's experiences is making me consider in taking it off.
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Originally posted by e30prideTN View PostWell I should be newer and I just placed the order with Patrick...http://www.bmaparts.com/item.wws?sku...entid=bmaparts
He said this should be all that I need unless I find anything else within it that needs replacing.
Total w/ discount...$69!! Now off to find a knob.
Thanks344is! Obd1 conversion
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