What Harmonic Balancers Do and Why You Need One!

In this video we dive into the sexy world of harmonic balancers with the help of special guest Ivan Snyder from Fluidampr! We explain what they do, why you need one and what an aftermarket harmonic balancer can do that a factory balancer just wasn't designed for.

[ironken]

is just great. I had to pause this video about half a dozen times to look up terms these guys use. This is both a compliment to Mike and guest and a non compliment to my meager vocabulary.

[NovaRedHead]

I know this isn't the thing on this channel, but I think we'd all appreciate seeing/hearing some shop cars, maybe a little tour through the builds. I love the technical details, never a bad time to learn something!

[ricepony]

Fluidampr was the best thing I did to my old EJ25. Smoother shifting, easier to started on hills, much smoother throughout the rev range.

[usesap]

Appreciate the cross examination between the Fluidampr & ATI damper

[adrianguzmanmolina]

This videos are the boom! Love hearing engineering at its best, not from clase room but from year of experience! Love this videos!

[FlatPlaneCranky]

I decided on an ATI for my Whipple supercharged Gen 2 Coyote and I rev it out to 7600 all the time very smooth and loves the revs. However we just built my 2007 LBZ Duramax using the Fluidamper and I love them both. I love the fact that I don’t ever have to rebuild the fluidamper so I’ll be switching out my ATI instead of rebuilding it to the fluidamper.

[seanbaker]

Mr. Kojima you sir are a living legend! Thank you for sharing your wisdom over the years.

[JohnnyDiesel]

Thats so cool to hear you guys worked on Dai Yoshihara car. I got to meet Dai at WBM 2023 this year. That turbo ls7 brz is absolutely amazing. And he’s a super chill guy, very approachable and willing to answer questions. We also got to see him drift around the track for a good hour or so. Totally awesome to see that level of driving skill in person.

[qlmotorsport]

Awesome video with a lot of detailed information on how these harmonic dampers mitigate internal twist. I've got a fluidampr (and no balance shafts) on my Evo, wish I had done the fluidampr from the start

[lightofscorpio]

just bought a fluidampr for my sti. thank you for putting out this info

[test-vlbd]

I've always wanted to know how a fluidampr works. Thanks

[krangkoopa]

Haha Mike struggling not to upstage homeboy is great. Dude is literally an encyclopedia

[benjbsn]

Thanks for the info, just bought a Fluidampr for my FG2 (k20) and it definitely improve the NVH noise especially after the oil pump swap (no more balance shaft). Easy installation, add protection to the engine, great idle and it revs smoother! Can't comment on potentially HP difference as i didn't dyno the car before and after the install.

[danieljones]

You sold me! I was doing my do diligence and now convinced I need this for my Duramax LMM build.
Thanks for the video!

[nicksh]

One of the best car channels on YouTube! Thank you for your hard work. Waiting for more great videos!

[sammy]

I bought myself one of these for my honda B series today so thank you both for this video 👍👍

[MindDezign]

I'm cleaning a carb while I'm listening. And this spokesman sounds like Dan Aykroyd .

Very informative, thank you

[hazoorule]

I'm glad that I'm currently using fluidampr on my car. Thanks for the really helpful info

[zenosti]

wish you could put up a poll, several years ago I did my own research and I always thought the technology was better on the fluidumpr vs the ATI. a lot of guys were running the ATI and suggesting the ATI. I don't recall the reasons for going ATI versus of fluidampr . thinking that something to do in tuning the damper for specific frequencies.
nevertheless I bucked the trend and went with the fluidampr haven't looked back since or thought about it really. but you never forget how smooth the motor is at high RPMs

[ApFolf]

I got a 2jz on poly motor mounts, adding a fluidampr, no joke, the motor at idle no longer vibrates the interior, the engine runs super smooth and this may be an placebo, but i swear the motor rev's up faster.

And with the 2jz you can ask any owner of one, the oem pulley is a ticking time bomb, and for the price of a oem replacement, for a virtually lifetime part, its an no brainer.