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Aug 17, 2003 | 09:15 PM

thewinner

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Fluidampr Questions

Does this come internally balanced to the lt1? It already has a "keyway" in it correct? A place for the key to go in, i know the crank has a keyway in it but no key.

A blower pulley can still be piggybacked onto this right?

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Aug 17, 2003 | 10:09 PM

LPEdave

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Re: Fluidampr Questions

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Does this come internally balanced to the lt1? It already has a "keyway" in it correct? A place for the key to go in, i know the crank has a keyway in it but no key.

It's neutrally balanced in that there's no specific balancing done. Just like your damper is under normal circumstances. Yes, it has a keyway, but my guess is that just like the hub, you probably could use it w/o the key. I used a key.

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A blower pulley can still be piggybacked onto this right?

Uh no, I don't think so.

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Aug 17, 2003 | 10:16 PM

thewinner

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what are the blower guys doing for an SFI damper? i thought LJ had a pic of one on his site, but the side navigation on his page is not working for me!

Aug 17, 2003 | 10:23 PM

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Hmmm.. his site works for me. Looks like an ATI damper - http://para.noid.org/~lj/1000hp/images/BeltOn.jpg

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Aug 17, 2003 | 10:56 PM

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exact pic that i had seen before.looks like the pulley is welded onto the damper? maybe LJ will chime in or ill send him an email

Aug 18, 2003 | 12:52 AM

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Both George Baxter and Madman used the ATI Super Damper with blower pullies. Both of them broke the billet hub that came with the ATI. If you are looking at a really large blower, you need to double key the crank (it can be done with the crank in the car!!) and the damper hub, and put a band around the outside of the damper hub to strengthen it. Not sure how the Fluidampr hub compares to the ATI.

Aug 18, 2003 | 09:38 AM

LPEdave

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I don't remember LJ every breaking that hub, but so much of his stuff is custom he may just have had a custom piece to start with. The Fluidampr doesn't have all those holes around the damper pulley - looks like maybe the ATI was made to allow a blower pulley to be bolted on?

I wouldn't wait for LJ to read this thread, I'm not sure he spends much/any time here.

Dave

Aug 18, 2003 | 10:54 AM

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I have a Fluidamper on my 383 and I only drive it in the summer.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that winter drives their car.

Reason being, Fluidampers have a fluid inside them that only provides max vibration protection when its warmed up.

There was a post last year in the Advanced Tech section from a guy that snapped his crank because he started up the car on a cold March spring morning and within 2 mins he was racing and shifting at 6000rpm.