What And Where Can I Get Good Quality Balancers

[old mate]

hey guys got a s1 rb25det and i am rebuilding it and i want to do it once and right. ive read a bit and i see that harmonic balancers suprisingly play a big role in motors. so i have looked up ross balancers but i dont think they do rb25s???

what brand do you reccomend and who sells them at good prices. im in bris but i dont think it matters where i get it from as i can just get it posted.

yes i did search but im retarded and probably went right past this exact thread. sorry if that the case haha.

cheers, Steve.

[J'z-R33]

Hey Steve,

What brand... ATI http://www.atiracing.com/

Where to get one...

Aussie Stock, if you want it soon

CJ motors - contact Jackie

If you dont mind the wait..

Summit Racing

Horsepowerparts

You can run a Rb26 balancer on your Rb25 but it will require a few mods. see below..

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Fi...amp;mode=linear

[2LV8ETR]

Here ya go.

Hi-Octane Racing

Ross Tuffbond

Nexus

[old mate]

well 380 from nexus or 540 from high octane. though the ones from nexus say they are made from the ross machine wich is what hi octane sell.

what to do.....

Edited May 20, 2009 by old mate

[Beer Baron]

ATI is the best choice.

[Swiper the Fox]

ATI is the only choice.

fixed

[shanef]

ATI is the best choice.

fixed

reasons why?

[old mate]

yeah what are some reasons for ati over ross?

[Bliksem]

I use a ROSS, another one that could be worth looking at is POWERBOND, 2rismo uses those in his drag car, Australian made too... http://www.precisionparts.com.au/

[Beer Baron]

well there is word that the current ross balancers are better. but I can count a number of people I know personally who had a ross and stopped using it in favour of an ATI. I know 1 case where the guy had a ross, had it replaced with a newer model ross and still had to go to an ATI in the end. yes the ATI cost more, but I guess it's a case of getting what you pay for.

the precision parts ones look good but I have no experience with them. if you are really hard core consider a garage saurus crank pulley. they are solid, no rubber. but supposedly if engine is balanced well they are a good way to go.

[shanef]

well there is word that the current ross balancers are better. but I can count a number of people I know personally who had a ross and stopped using it in favour of an ATI. I know 1 case where the guy had a ross, had it replaced with a newer model ross and still had to go to an ATI in the end. yes the ATI cost more, but I guess it's a case of getting what you pay for.

the precision parts ones look good but I have no experience with them. if you are really hard core consider a garage saurus crank pulley. they are solid, no rubber. but supposedly if engine is balanced well they are a good way to go.

what was the reason/s he/they stopped using the ross ones? no point saying they are crap and the ati ones are far superior if there arent any real reasons

[Swiper the Fox]

what was the reason/s he/they stopped using the ross ones? no point saying they are crap and the ati ones are far superior if there arent any real reasons

thrown balancer and stuffed 7K crankshaft...now runs ATI and has been faultless...over 1150AWHP

[shanef]

thrown balancer and stuffed 7K crankshaft...now runs ATI and has been faultless...over 1150AWHP

i can get a few things from the above...

crank bolt came lose - who didnt do it up/put it on properly?

crankshaft snout out of round/out of tolerance - who didnt check crank/balancer tolerance?

balancers dont just come off by themselves

or is there something else that happened?

[Swiper the Fox]

i can get a few things from the above...

crank bolt came lose - who didnt do it up/put it on properly?

crankshaft snout out of round/out of tolerance - who didnt check crank/balancer tolerance?

balancers dont just come off by themselves

or is there something else that happened?

you can guess or make asumptions...here are some things that "are" known...the workshop in question has built almost all of australia's highest powered GTR's up until a few years ago...they own a 2 metre long torque wrench to do all their balancers up. This was the 1st time they have used a Ross balancer, they use the correct process to install them, they have never had a problem in the past and have never had an issue since, the crankshaft was a brand new full counterweight item. This was the older style Ross item which was little more than a glorified pulley for the belts. I understand that Ross since then have changed their design.

Edited May 20, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[Marko R1]

i was in the same boat choosing a harmonic balancer a few weeks back, some ppl here dont like ross yet www.ripsracing.com use these on all of their street and drag engines including their drag 1300hp donks, that confirmed my decision. fyi, rips build and ship engine packages all over the world.

i think the above mentioned failure was a factory fault...for example, my dad bought a torana ss 5.0ltr and it spun a bottom end bearing after a few yrs. do we draw from this incident that all toranas are unreliable? no smart ass comments

[shanef]

you can guess or make asumptions...here are some things that "are" known...the workshop in question has built almost all of australia's highest powered GTR's up until a few years ago...they own a 2 metre long torque wrench to do all their balancers up. This was the 1st time they have used a Ross balancer, they use the correct process to install them, they have never had a problem in the past and have never had an issue since, the crankshaft was a brand new full counterweight item. This was the older style Ross item which was little more than a glorified pulley for the belts. I understand that Ross since then have changed their design.

i dont really care who did it, how they did it all im interested in is how it was 'thrown off'. i dont understand pauly, explain it better please

[STATUS]

fixed

ditto.

Edited May 21, 2009 by URAS

[old mate]

well im sure both are better than standard. who are ati dealers in queensland/brisbane?? if not where did you guys get them.

cheers for the discussion guys.

[shanef]

ditto.

thanks for taking the time trent to give ur reasons why u dont like the ross balancers

[Zensoku]

www.performancewholesale.com.au are the the ATI dealer in QLD