Welcome to the FirebirdV6.com/CamaroV6.com forums.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Good to hear, never heard of upgrading the balancer before to a 97'. But as long as it works thats good, too bad I just had mine changed like 4 months ago. I have no problems running my 96' up to 6000 rpms. I also was looking at some ATI balancers their pretty sweet. Robert I forget did we change your RPM limiter to 6000 rpms? I know I did the speedo and smoothing out the timing tables.
08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
On mine it made a knocking sound at idle and got worse when I would rev it or drive it. Plus the insides of the balancer was dry rotted throwing off the balance. It was fine one day then the next day it started knocking. Almost thought it was a rod.
08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
On mine it made a knocking sound at idle and got worse when I would rev it or drive it. Plus the insides of the balancer was dry rotted throwing off the balance. It was fine one day then the next day it started knocking. Almost thought it was a rod.
And that is the problem with the 95-96 style. It's a big piece of rubber. After 12 years and 240,000 miles it was completely bad. You could see it wobble and it was hitting the crankshaft sensor shield behind it, making an intermitant noise - "knocking" is a good way to put it.
No wonder GM came out with a whole different style for 97+.
Robert , thats pretty good gettting 240,000 miles out of it. I got about 160,000 out of mine, but I think that running the Powerdyne for those 4 years put alot of stress on all the pulleys, so far I have replace both metal pulleys, Alt., A/C, power steering, balancer, and getting ready to replace the water pump. So that will make all the pulleys replaced.
08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
didn't know harnomics balancers can make that much of a diff
They do since they control the ing. timing on how many revolutions the crank is spinning and telling the spark plugs to fire, so when out of balance it will cause a random misfire since it doesn't know which cyl. are firing at what time. On mine when it went out , I heard the knocking right away when I was at idle so I had it fixed within a day or 2. It never through any codes. I just narrowed it down by taking off the belt and starting it up and the knocking was still there , plus the balancer while looking at it was wobbling.
08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
Robert , thats pretty good gettting 240,000 miles out of it. I got about 160,000 out of mine, but I think that running the Powerdyne for those 4 years put alot of stress on all the pulleys, so far I have replace both metal pulleys, Alt., A/C, power steering, balancer, and getting ready to replace the water pump. So that will make all the pulleys replaced.
Oh, it was going long before I changed it. The engine is so quiet now.
I would look on gmpartsdirect.com , for the 3.8's they were only like $100 or something like that, just get the part # for it and look it up.
08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
We process personal data about users of our site, through the use of cookies and other technologies, to deliver our services, personalize advertising, and to analyze site activity. We may share certain information about our users with our advertising and analytics partners. For additional details, refer to our Privacy Policy.
By clicking "I AGREE" below, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our personal data processing and cookie practices as described therein. You also acknowledge that this forum may be hosted outside your country and you consent to the collection, storage, and processing of your data in the country where this forum is hosted.
Tweet
Harmonic Balancer
Comment