Balancer Options

[rb26s13]

Hey all just wondering wat balancers people use on there rb26's and how much they cost roughly

cheers

Wazz

[rb26s13]

oh.. im in need of a new one will show pics of why after we get it off

[Craved]

depends on what your doing with the engine

just jap have ross balancers for $499

http://justjap.com/parts_nengine.htm

[rb26s13]

yer im looking at a ross balancer from UAS at the moment for 510 delivered will match my greddy pulleys.. basicaly this is wat we think has happened

locating pin for balancer has sheered in half and balancer has spun on the crank and we cant get the balancer off (we pritty sure thats wat happened anyway)

but yer.. yet to get balancer once itsoff will post pics.. and start looking for a replacement hopefully nothign to major.. hope i dont have to buy a new crank

[r33_racer]

locating pin...are you refering to the half moon keyway? Thats hard to imagine. The keyway to shear in half and let the damper spin.

Can also get an ATI one for about $800-$900. They are rated pretty good from just about everyone. I believe we got ours from Wholesale Performance at Slacks Creek.

Edited October 12, 2006 by r33_racer

[rb26s13]

this was the only way we could get the balancer off.. was tryin to find the oil leak.. and well yer balancer wouldnt come off

we are not entirely sure how the balancer was on there as the key isnt broken.. however there appears to be a build up of something on the crank, luckily the crank isnt damaged its cleaned up nicely.. either way time to look for the oil leak and fix everything..

[rb26s13]

oh yer.. we broke 2 balancer pullers in the process of getting it off.. grinder and cold chisel turned out to be the only way

[Scooby]

ATI seem to have the vote, but Ross is also popular. I'm wondering when the cost becomes justified though ie over 8000 rpm? They seem to all be underdriven, which I'm not keen on for a street car anyway. Rocket sells their underdriven 5R Racing brand balancers for only $250 or so but can't tell me how they compare to the ATI or Ross.

I'd like to hear from someone who has tried standard RB26 and then ATI balancers on an RB30 to see if it cures the 'harmonic' probs supposedly associated with the RB30. Michael?

Cheers

[T04GTR]

ati FTW. more expencive but actually properly designed

[r33_racer]

We had a std rb25 one on previously...But at that stage we kept the revs to 7k...I dont know exactly how bad the harmonic issue is at 7500, but we had just built a 10k+ 25/30, not interested in taking chances and we needed the extra revs, so the 1000hp ati damper went on as a safe guard. All the research done on them basically said that ATI know what they are doing and their information seemed to make logical sense, plus everyone i spoke to about them had said they are the best around. When the time comes for the annual pull down and rering of the engine, we will inspect everything closely...especially the oil pump and bearings.

[japgaragemick]

ATI have two types. 1st is a 500hp rated ballancer that is bolt on and works good for street cars and the 2nd is a 1000hp ballancer which is bigger and it comes with it's own water pump pully... we have used both and i think the 1000hp ballancer is just great and it fits RB25 -RB26 - RB30 engines...

Thank you

Mick

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Edited October 14, 2006 by Beer Baron

[rb26s13]

has anyone had experience with the Ross balancer justjap and UAS sell??

[rb26s13]

no one has used either of these?

[NismoR31Jet]

Is there a balancer that has only 1 belt groove?

I do not run A/C or Power steering, I only have 1 belt for the water pump and alternator.

[rb26s13]

^^^^^ i dont know....

i assume no one has used these ross balancers at the amount of replys.. someone must have some info out there...

[STATE50]

just found this thread and after checking all over the net, ross balancers are supposed to be ANDRA specd to go quicker than 11 secs. so they must be good for decent power. I rang chris mills performance today and found out that they sell them for 230 bucks, but htey wont be released for another 6/8 weeks.

[rb26s13]

chriss mills sells ross balancers for 230???

i ended up ordering one from justjap

apprently tomei in japan have been testing these and ross have just released a new version of the balancer due to tomei reporting slight problems above 500kw and the new on has supposdly fixed all that..

get back to me on that chris mills performance price.. 230 sounds like utter crap or the old designed left overs!