emosley210 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 31 minutes ago, kzr750r1 said: Just a tip from recent experience. Get a Fluidampner. Stat. PN: 531101 Worth every penny. Damn, it’s really worth it huh? I looked into this a bit and the people who run a Fluidampr swear by them and then a lot of people also seem to be just fine with a lightweight crank pulley. I went with a lightweight pulley from Perrin this go around because it seemed like with how these motors are built there wasn’t as much of a need for a dampener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Made a difference for me. I've heard more so for folks with a MT. Sell the Perrin or see if you can return it... Or go stock. Heck I'd even give you this last stock unit I just pulled off to not use the Perrin. Only has 10 to 12K on it. I too hesitated because of the cost. But it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Yeah....buttery smooth idle and helped to calm down chattering and juddering on low RPM shifts in stop and go traffic. I still need to install the single mass flywheel and new clutch I have, so I can't say how it will feel then, but I am willing to bet even better. I'm not really a fan of lightweight crank pulleys in any case, but I may have a bias there. I don't always like having to slam shift every gear to keep the RPMs from dropping. In a racecar, maybe, sure. But even then.... I think I've ruined a thing for myself by installing a Fluidampr pulley. I'll probably need to have one on any of my high performance cars from now on.... Interestingly, Get a Dom Tune sells a heavier than stock crank pulley for these engines, for sort of the same reasons as the Fluidampr exists, better damping of the engines native vibration... Yeah, there isn't MUCH because it's a horizontally opposed engine, but there are some secondary forces at play, and not every crankshaft is blueprint balanced, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Ahhh. Just read this on his website. Interesting concept. Allowing for some options. Fluidampner was roughly 12oz heavier than the stock unit sitting on my kitchen counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emosley210 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 You talking about the light enough crank pulley from him? I hadn't looked into that before but it seems pretty rad, especially with that bolt on viscous damper for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Funny that as the (previously astronomical) price has risen the Fluidamper gets more love now. It used to be like selling a root canal with no pain meds. Customers thought I was insane for installing one on my Forester. Edited January 24 by m sprank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 13 hours ago, emosley210 said: You talking about the light enough crank pulley from him? I hadn't looked into that before but it seems pretty rad, especially with that bolt on viscous damper for it Yes. That one. I didn’t notice it until after I’d installed my own Fluidampr, but you’ve got options anyway. I didn’t look at the price difference, but I’m sure neither is cheap. If you daily the car and enjoy smooth shifts etc… and maximum effort acceleration isn’t your goal, I don’t think you’ll like the lightweight pulley. I’m with @kzr750r1 on this one, where I’d go new OE before the Perrin, personally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emosley210 Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Took you guys advice and ditched the lw crank pulley. Picked up one from Get A Dom Tune and can’t wait to put it on. He forgot to ship my order so he threw in a rad oil cap with it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emosley210 Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Other than that I’m finally getting around to timing and doing a healthy dose of overthinking. I replaced the back covers because they cracked and noticed the new one doesn’t have this guide around the bottom corner. I feel like it’s not a huge deal but it seems like it could help it from jumping time. Picking up some bolt grommets and foam gaskets for the rear timing covers tomorrow because neither the master gasket kit or the timing kit has those. Then hopefully jumping into timing and doing my best not to fuck it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Take your time. Prep the tensioner vertically as described in the manual/instructions. Slowly. Last round I did it twice. Was pretty sure one pulley jumped a tooth. In the end all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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