--- Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us> wrote:
> As for the harmonic balancer, if the GT6 uses the
> rubber
> ringed body that the american engines typically
> used, it's
> really not a harmonic balancer as much as it's a
> damper.
> In which case, it really doesn't matter about
> lightening
> the flywheel.
Actually, I think you're both right and wrong (new
Shimmer, it's a floor wax, ... AND a desert topping!).
I don't think the GT6 front pulley is a torsional
damper, and I don't think it's externally balanced
either, so technically, it's just a pulley. It does
get balanced individually, but also often gets balance
holes drilled as part of the rotating assembly
(pulley, crank, flywheel, pressure plate, etc.).
Bobweights are used for balancing V-8's, not sure
whether I-6's need them or not.
The I-6 crankshaft, because of it's length, is more
vulnerable to resonance at certain RPM than I-4.
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