eyeosteverino Steve Kimball Southwest NM (30 posts) Registered: 03/02/2008 10:58AM Main British Car: 67 Sunbeam, 2.8 L V6 Ford, |
harmonic balancer
I had to cut the aluminum ring off my HB to clear the steering rack in my B. The 215 runs smoothly, but that little bug in my ear just reminded me that I've got a twelve hundred mile trip to Colorado coming up, and bad harmonics wouldn't help. Has the lack of a HB caused problems for anyone? Does anyone make a HB that is five inches in diameter for the 215 Buick?
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MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4511 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: harmonic balancer
What is your conversion? Not sure why you would have to do that with a 215. Not a good idea. Aftermarket-wise, I think ATI is it. It will be just over 6" in diameter.
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mgb260 Jim Nichols Sequim,WA (2461 posts) Registered: 02/29/2008 08:29PM Main British Car: 1973 MGB roadster 260 Ford V8 |
Re: harmonic balancer
I think the Olds 215 2 barrel motor had a cast iron damper/pulley without the outside ring but I don't know the diameter.
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eyeosteverino Steve Kimball Southwest NM (30 posts) Registered: 03/02/2008 10:58AM Main British Car: 67 Sunbeam, 2.8 L V6 Ford, |
Re: harmonic balancer
I called the Damper Doctor, and he said that he could fill the groove with a heavy metal and not increase the overall diameter. I wonder how effective fifty year old dampers are anyway. The early V6's didn't use a damper, just a cast iron disc. At what rpm would the torsional vibes occur? Would the accessories on the engine, and transmission type have any effect? Hmmm. Thank for the responses.
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hoffbug Tony Hoffer Minnesota (323 posts) Registered: 10/15/2007 05:25PM Main British Car: Olds 215 EFI |
Re: harmonic balancer
Just looked through all of ATI's stuff. They have some shells in the 5.5" range.. Not sure if the Buick hub could be swapped into them or not.. BHJ's and ATI's smallest listed damper for a Buick are 6.35"
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