Tims 88GT

hey everyone i have developed a slight vibration in my car its not to bad but i was looking at my harmonic balancer and it has started to wobble a little so i was wondering what is the best balancer to get? i have a 50oz flywheel if that makes a diff

schwindty

You can send a bunch of money for the top of the line balancer from TCI but Pro Products makes a nice one for like just over 100 bones, I just bought one and it looks nice... better than factory anyways. Not sure how it runs yet I had to send it off with the block to get my engine balanced

Tims 88GT

well im the kind of person that does not mind spending money on something as long as it is a good part and the chances of it failing are slim. i will look at the pro products one

schwindty

So far Pro Products has had awesome prices with nice quality stuff I think I am going to toss my Edel Performer upper and go with a polished Pro Products upper, I already have their TB spacer which was a nice part ( Polished) and now I have the balancer whic also looks like a awesome piece. The TCI one is by far the best but its like 300+ dollars, I can't reason on spending that much on a street engine that rarely see's 6000 RPM, those balancers are for over the 6 g limit

Tims 88GT

well i have mine at 5500 6000 a lot i crank mine up, i was looking at the tci and i think i know why is its the best it is one pice from what i can see, now i have a 50oz flywheel and my motor is internaly balanced alredy is that going to be an issue?

schwindty

YOu had the engine balanced already? By a machine shop.... if yes then they balanced the engine with the orriginal balancer.... its hard to say if it will cause a problem at low RPM now and they are crafted as per stock requirements, alot of people replace them all the time but from what I know under 6 G there will be no problem, its when you are taking your engine higher its makes a huge difference..... if you want to be safe and already have had your engine balanced with that balancer then just use the stock balancer agian....did you check to make sure its just not the pulley?

Tims 88GT

yea well their was nothing wrong with it when i got the motor done so i did not see the need to replace it, im going to go talk to my engine builder thanks for the help ttyl

schwindty

yeah thats the best bet, if the balancer is goign already and the engine was just done something went wrong. Double check to make sure the bolt is on their tight as well.... Usually those balancers last forever, my 89 F-150 is going on 230,000 k with no problems and my mustang has 270,000 and I just bought a new one now.

Tims 88GT

the bolt is tight i checked that, you can see the balancer is comming apart, im going to need a 50oz balancer right? its an 88 motor, i talked to my engine builder and he said that he could match the old balancer to the new one.

schwindty

50 Oz balance is the 302 stock balance wieght, you can go ahead and order one... what one are you going to go with?