Selecting a harmonic balancer.
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Selecting a harmonic balancer.
1988 Ford F250, 460 FI, Auto/C6, 4x4, Reg Cab / Long Bed.
Anyone care to recommend a harmonic balancer? My truck is not high performance oriented, or "pushing the limits" in any particular way. But, I've noticed one parts vendor had a dozen different balancers ranging in price from $80.00 to $450.00.
It reminds me of going down the salad dressing isle at the grocery store, holy hell where do I begin?
I'm assuming that a "high performance" balancer is designed to operate at higher rpms. Other than that can anyone describe what is to be gained by a $450.00 balancer? ...other than the cool rattle snake sticker.
Anyone care to recommend a harmonic balancer? My truck is not high performance oriented, or "pushing the limits" in any particular way. But, I've noticed one parts vendor had a dozen different balancers ranging in price from $80.00 to $450.00.
It reminds me of going down the salad dressing isle at the grocery store, holy hell where do I begin?
I'm assuming that a "high performance" balancer is designed to operate at higher rpms. Other than that can anyone describe what is to be gained by a $450.00 balancer? ...other than the cool rattle snake sticker.
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1988 Ford F250, 460 FI, Auto/C6, 4x4, Reg Cab / Long Bed.
Anyone care to recommend a harmonic balancer? My truck is not high performance oriented, or "pushing the limits" in any particular way. But, I've noticed one parts vendor had a dozen different balancers ranging in price from $80.00 to $450.00.
It reminds me of going down the salad dressing isle at the grocery store, holy hell where do I begin?
I'm assuming that a "high performance" balancer is designed to operate at higher rpms. Other than that can anyone describe what is to be gained by a $450.00 balancer? ...other than the cool rattle snake sticker.
Anyone care to recommend a harmonic balancer? My truck is not high performance oriented, or "pushing the limits" in any particular way. But, I've noticed one parts vendor had a dozen different balancers ranging in price from $80.00 to $450.00.
It reminds me of going down the salad dressing isle at the grocery store, holy hell where do I begin?
I'm assuming that a "high performance" balancer is designed to operate at higher rpms. Other than that can anyone describe what is to be gained by a $450.00 balancer? ...other than the cool rattle snake sticker.
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There's also a little bit of you get what you pay for. When I rebuilt my old 390 I went through two Dorman brand balancers before I found out they were .007" undersized. I believe I went with a professional products brand balancer after that.
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