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I'm currently replacing a timing belt on my 91 BNR32 and I noticed the crank pulley/harmonic balancer has a chip on the outer wall. I'm gonna go ahead and replace it but as I got to looking I noticed that I can get some OEM R32 ones from Japan for about 50 bucks if I'm willing to clean the rust off all the way up to 600 dollars for new ATIs and some other "performance" ones. My question to you guys is is there really any reason to go for one of those? Especially if this is just a 400hp street build? I can't seem to find any actual reviews on these things

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On 02/04/2022 at 11:37 AM, GTSBoy said:

Hmm. Let's see. R32 right? So, 30+ years old. Critical to engine health should the (30 year old) rubber let go? Yup. Seems like a legit way to save money.

Just buy a new one.

Absolutely, posted just as I was writing this. I'd never use a second hand oem damper, especially one that is 25+ years old. You can't know the integrity of it as you can't see inside it. What happens is the bonding material goes super hard then they just eventually destroy themselves and fly apart - this has happened to me about 10 years ago with my oem one and it destroyed everything, like I mean cracked the block and cracked the crank in multiple areas everything.

 

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On 4/1/2022 at 10:07 PM, GTSBoy said:

Hmm. Let's see. R32 right? So, 30+ years old. Critical to engine health should the (30 year old) rubber let go? Yup. Seems like a legit way to save money.

Just buy a new one.

I didn't realize the OEM ones had rubber in them, knowing that yea I'll definitely just get a new one then. The only question from there then is what's up with the 12T vs 36-2T?

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