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    i was looking at this guys engine at the track the other day and i know he has a pile of money in it........but it seemed to have a stock harmonic balancer on the engine.....i asked him why and he just smiled and said he has a reason?anyone know?small block chevy.....curious runs mid fives in fiberglass camaro.....

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    OK some people, I dont know why I've always ran a stock Balancer, but they say that light weight balancers have a tendancy to scatter under FAST Acceleration (N2O or other "Helpers") I dont know if theres truth behind it, thats just what some people have told me. I've also heard that a lighter balancer can loose its UMMPH under hard acceleration and cause the crank to do a little dance in the block. Like I said tho, I've always run stock so I'm running off what people have told me and some people have odd tendancys

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    ok tech ..if he has a 400 block which is externally balanced and i noticed its on juice .how is it holding up?i never mess with the balancers .my bros do .is it that hard to change ?just wondering?would he have to do other mods?i feed on info

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    Originally posted by gofastdude
    just wondering?would he have to do other mods?
    If he isn't running an SFI balancer, he may end up modifying anything that gets in it's way when he grenades it.
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    does he have to modify anything to install a dampener since its external.....?

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