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Old 8-27-07, 14:56   #55 (permalink)
moebius
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Very good question.

I think you, LMB___, mean : crankshaft - not camshaft. The Flywheel and the main pulley are attached to the crankshaft. The camshaft operates the valves. I don't mean to be rude, I just want to be absolutely clear, in case there is any translation misunderstanding.


It will help, *BUT* even having a balanced crankshaft, will not change the fact that the engine in the F2/F2T is inherently unbalanced. Hence the links to the engine smoothness in a previous post.

This is why the stock engine comes with a damped pulley.

I would strongly recommend against doing this on a daily driver. For a track only, or weekend only, or some other second car sort of situation, it should be okay. Realize that the F2/F2T/FE-DOHC are all unbalanced, and for maximum engine life, a damped pulley is required.

Having a fully balanced Flywheel/Crankshaft/Pulley will help to reduce vibrations, but it is impossible to avoid them in the F2/F2T/FE-DOHC engines.

1990 626 GT 5 Door-- which "goes like a scalded weasel" says my father-in-law... on 1/2 throttle... Zoom Zoom...
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