bb dodge damper

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04-09-2008, 05:08 PM
terrylittlejohn

bb dodge damper

i am using a bb dodge industrial damper on my blown slantsix, the problem is i have split one down the keyway and the second one has a hair line crack forming, can a stock damper stand up to the strain of a blower belt and pully or should i be running a aftermarket steel crank hub that is only for attaching the drive pullies?:confused:
04-09-2008, 06:44 PM
pat mccarthy

yes the damper hub needs to be made out of good steel
04-09-2008, 08:37 PM
techinspector1

If you're running a Gilmer belt drive, you don't need a harmonic damper. The belt takes care of the harmonics.
04-09-2008, 09:10 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

If you're running a Gilmer belt drive, you don't need a harmonic damper. The belt takes care of the harmonics.

well i still run one i see guys say you do not need them but i have seen 1600+HP off shore big block run them the best to use is a ATI other will break
04-10-2008, 04:47 PM
terrylittlejohn

Bb Damper

thanks pat , i have found both a crank hub from BDS FOR 115$ AND ATI ON SUMMIT SITE FOR 259$. I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED SOME SORT OF DAMPER NO MATTER WHAT YOU WERE RUNNING?
04-10-2008, 10:50 PM
pat mccarthy

it is not going to hurt any thing running the damper so the way i see it your better to have a damper then not and just run the hub only and hope
09-06-2010, 09:23 AM
moparfever

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

If you're running a Gilmer belt drive, you don't need a harmonic damper. The belt takes care of the harmonics.

I was told the same thing by BDS, no damper needed.
09-06-2010, 09:33 AM
moparfever

Wow, just noticed the post was from 2008! Not a lot of activity in the category, one page of posts goes back to 2007. I'm off to Moparstyle...
09-07-2010, 03:52 AM
terrylittlejohn

this is a great site, lots of well informed racers but mostly chevy, got any pits of your blown 65?
09-08-2010, 06:38 AM
moparfever

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Originally Posted by terrylittlejohn

this is a great site, lots of well informed racers but mostly chevy, got any pits of your blown 65?

Not together I don't, still a project. Here's the car and the engine. Car has a narrowed Dana 60, ss springs moved in 3" per side, tubs, and welded subframes. It's the 4th Mopar I've owned. My first car was a 69 Polara Highway Patrol car, that got me hooked. Then a 75 Ramcharger with a 440, 65 Satellite poly 318, 67 Charger with a 440, now this. With a 440.
09-09-2010, 02:44 AM
terrylittlejohn

nice to see a blown mopar don`t see many of those up here. what size tire are you planning on the rear?
09-09-2010, 06:41 AM
moparfever

I've been eyeballing those Mickey Thompson Sportsman I treads in N50-15 (345/50-15). 11.80in tread width and 13in section width, 28in tall.
09-09-2010, 02:20 PM
terrylittlejohn

they should look realy nice tucked in to the wheel well. i don`t like the new big wheel really low profile tire combo they are using these days, nothing look nicer than a fat tire out back.