Best ATI Damper for me?
Best ATI Damper for me? I currently have a 25% underdrive powerbond...
However since I am looking for big boosted power out of this 370" motor...
I think i might as well upgrade to the ATI....
I might be adding AC down the road but not until i am consistently running in the 8's and maxing out my 12 point cage
Any recommendations on what ATI damper would be best and what belt I will need?
This is a for a stock F-Body font accessory drive with power steering.
However since I am looking for big boosted power out of this 370" motor...
I think i might as well upgrade to the ATI....
I might be adding AC down the road but not until i am consistently running in the 8's and maxing out my 12 point cage
Any recommendations on what ATI damper would be best and what belt I will need?
This is a for a stock F-Body font accessory drive with power steering.
All steel full size version, the ac pulley is removable so you can add it and take it off later if you wish..
UD pulleys don't dampen as well as the full size version, also the all steel version is the heaviest and will dampen the best out of all of them.
You're timing chain will thank you for it
UD pulleys don't dampen as well as the full size version, also the all steel version is the heaviest and will dampen the best out of all of them.
You're timing chain will thank you for it
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I called Rob at ATI today and he recommended a full size ALUMINUM
with the kit to pin it to the crank
He said a STEEL super damper would be better if I was running circle track and having rocks slung at it...
But for a street / track drag race car a Aluminum would be the way to go.
Any reason why you guys above recommended a STEEL damper?
with the kit to pin it to the crank
He said a STEEL super damper would be better if I was running circle track and having rocks slung at it...
But for a street / track drag race car a Aluminum would be the way to go.
Any reason why you guys above recommended a STEEL damper?
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I called Rob at ATI today and he recommended a full size ALUMINUM with the kit to pin it to the crank He said a STEEL super damper would be better if I was running circle track and having rocks slung at it... But for a street / track drag race car a Aluminum would be the way to go. Any reason why you guys above recommended a STEEL damper?
Steel is more durable for daily driving and it will dampen better than a lighter aluminum!
I've talked to all the guys at ATI and get different responses every time I called lol
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I had a friend who ran aluminum under drive pulley set up on a SB and street drove it all the time. After a while the water pump pulley was worn through by the back side of the belt. Do these aluminum dampers that are driven regularly on the street have this problem?
Aluminum getting hot for a prolonged time doesn't sound durable.. At the track yes, since most runs last 10 sec or so
you guys realize the asp and some other underdrives use an aluminum shell as well correct? I have been running my ati for 5 years and 30k miles and its never skipped a beat. Anyone who is running a 10% underdrive ati has the alum shell, only the standard size comes in steel. no worn out pulley grooves or belts on mine after all that time
The heavier steel dampens better than lighter material. If the aluminum was truly better stock vehicles would have them....yeah the aluminum is lighter but doesn't do its job as we'll as the steel. This is what burken01 said up top also.
Last edited by josh4ku; Jan 14, 2015 at 06:18 AM.
Lol wut? The material used on the shell has little to do with dampening. If you want to call the standard size dampener better that's fine. However it's because it physically has more surface area. The actual dampening material is inside the balancer. They actually don't like selling the ati 25% ud because it diminishes performance by not having enough material to effectively dampen. Nothing about material, that came from a rep at ATI not from an Internet site.
Does anyone here talking about the aluminum voodoo actually own an aluminum pulley let alone an ati? Like I said that came from an ati rep 5 years and 30k miles ago on my car. Yeppp, I think I'm gonna keep running my apocalypse aluminum shell and wait for it to explode lmao
Also as I said asp has used aluminum for years. They did have issues but none were related to the material they used. They're on thousand of cars today and I have yet to hear of a belt wearing through the pulley lol
Does anyone here talking about the aluminum voodoo actually own an aluminum pulley let alone an ati? Like I said that came from an ati rep 5 years and 30k miles ago on my car. Yeppp, I think I'm gonna keep running my apocalypse aluminum shell and wait for it to explode lmao
Also as I said asp has used aluminum for years. They did have issues but none were related to the material they used. They're on thousand of cars today and I have yet to hear of a belt wearing through the pulley lol