I'm Confused

[Slammed2007Lbz]

dan what is the lightest or best dampner then?

 

[TeaBagger2006]

so-cal dampner

 

[Slammed2007Lbz]

the socal dampner is a fluid dampner with a socal sticker i believe

 

[Dan@PPE]

Ppe/ati...

 

[arneson]

Same shop doin the balancing? Something seems very odd.

 

[delong_1]

Socal or ppe is just an ati either way....

 

[coldLBZ]

The SoCal dampner is not a Fluidampr.

 

[duramaxdiesel]

the socal dampner is a fluid dampner with a socal sticker i believe

No way man! Far from it lol!:hug:

Nick

 

[wdino73]

Well it's a good thing I love working on my truck, LOL.. I think I;m going to go with a socal this time, but maybe I better not tell anybody just incase I break another crank...:roflmao:

 

[05smoker]

I broke the crank after the build, i had the rotating mass balanced with the fluid dampner, so I install the new crank and stock balancer, and I put about 22000 mile on the engine before it let go. oh and with the fluid dampner I only got 2000 miles..

You DO NOT balance a rotating assembly with the Fluidampr on it. You use the stock balancer for that and then put on the Fluidampr.

I have had no issue with my Fluidampr on my puller.

 

[wdino73]

You DO NOT balance a rotating assembly with the Fluidampr on it. You use the stock balancer for that and then put on the Fluidampr.

I have had no issue with my Fluidampr on my puller.

Didn't know that..:thumb:

 

[05smoker]

http://www.fluidampr.com/ASKTECH/12.html

:thumb:

 

[wdino73]

http://www.fluidampr.com/ASKTECH/12.html

:thumb:

Well the original people I used on my build didn't know there ass from a hole in the ground, That's why I started working on my own stuff, I was under the impression that I could put on a socal dampnr and drive on is that not correct either?

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

I believe most shops still use a stock balancer for balancing an engine, or they will use a solid type balancer. The fluidamper can't be used due to there reasons specified in the link abaove, and I would think an elastomeric balancer like the SOCAL/PPE/ATI unit would also try and dampen the small imbalances present while balancing which would throw off your balance on the crank. In moist cases it is best to use a solid balancer for balancing purposes. I haven't played with performance diesels, but I have played with ALOT of small block race engines and this was always the case with them. Good machine shops will normally have a solid type balancer for balancing purposes, problem being ius finding a machine shop that is versed in teh DURAMAX and equipped to work on them properly I would think.

 

[wdino73]

I believe most shops still use a stock balancer for balancing an engine, or they will use a solid type balancer. The fluidamper can't be used due to there reasons specified in the link abaove, and I would think an elastomeric balancer like the SOCAL/PPE/ATI unit would also try and dampen the small imbalances present while balancing which would throw off your balance on the crank. In moist cases it is best to use a solid balancer for balancing purposes. I haven't played with performance diesels, but I have played with ALOT of small block race engines and this was always the case with them. Good machine shops will normally have a solid type balancer for balancing purposes, problem being ius finding a machine shop that is versed in teh DURAMAX and equipped to work on them properly I would think.

So I could put on a socal balancer and be fine, it's got to be better than the stocker..

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

So I could put on a socal balancer and be fine, it's got to be better than the stocker..

I agree it has to be better than the stocker to run it, although I would think the stock one would be better for the balancing process.