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Old 04-20-2010, 09:03 PM   #1
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Jake,

I was very interested on installing the LWFW along with the Sachs spring clutch disc but got cold feet after reading one of your posts where you mentioned that the dual mass flywheel cancels the harmonic issues and that there were several engines that failed because the dual mass FW was replaced with a LWFW.

Do you think that would be safe to install a LWFW (AND) an underdrive crank pulley with a harmonic balancer?

I saw an ad from a company called ATI Racing and they told me that it was possible to manufacture an underdrive pulley with a harmonic balancer.

However, I was not aware of the RSS UDP until this post, but the ones from ATI seem beefier.

Somewhere I read that some of the older Porsche engines had a harmonic balancer build into the crank pulley as well, but I am not sure if these would fit or if they would do the job once done by the dual mass flywheel.

What do you think?

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PS, this is the link to ATI:

http://www.atiracing.com/products/dampers/damper_tech.htm

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ATI makes great stuff, unfortunately they do not have any applications that would benefit us, hence why I went with the RSS unit.
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Old 04-21-2010, 09:31 AM   #2
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I have been developing a harmonically dampened UDP for over two years now.. As soon as I saw the other companies making similar companies I halted the development because theirs is cheaper and few people buy "better" these days.
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Old 04-21-2010, 09:34 AM   #3
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I have been developing a harmonically dampened UDP for over two years now.. As soon as I saw the other companies making similar companies I halted the development because theirs is cheaper and few people buy "better" these days.
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Old 04-21-2010, 10:38 PM   #4
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So, overall for the 986... What would be the pros/cons now, choosing between the RSS pulley with the harmonic balancer versus the 4" Pulley from Raby/Amond?

Would the extra weight of the dampened unit be a disadvantage, or is it mostly the size/diameter of the pulley that is more of a factor in its effectiveness?
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Old 04-22-2010, 03:57 PM   #5
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So, overall for the 986... What would be the pros/cons now, choosing between the RSS pulley with the harmonic balancer versus the 4" Pulley from Raby/Amond?

Would the extra weight of the dampened unit be a disadvantage, or is it mostly the size/diameter of the pulley that is more of a factor in its effectiveness?

I'll certainly take the damping effect over saving a tiny bit of weight.
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Old 04-23-2010, 05:36 PM   #6
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I'm also really interested to get some quality feedback on clutch/flywheel upgrade ideas and what is good vs what is asking for some kind of problem..I too have read those threads on people putting in LWFW and then having some kind of motor failure.... My car is approaching 80k and I can feel some vibration when I engage the clutch...the grab is still okay, but not as good as it used to be, so I know a clutch is in my future.. not sure if the flywheel has to be redone, replaced, or what when my clutch is replaced.

putting in a LWFW *and* an underdrive pulley would be anice way to make my 2.7 more peppy....but I don't want to do something that makes the car likely to have any major failures....

what is the consensu on these parts...particularly teh LWFW?
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I have been developing a harmonically dampened UDP for over two years now.. As soon as I saw the other companies making similar companies I halted the development because theirs is cheaper and few people buy "better" these days.
Jake,
Do you think that would be OK to install a LWFW (with a Sachs spring disc) as long as a harmonically dampened UDP is used as well?
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Old 04-26-2010, 08:42 PM   #8
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I have been developing a harmonically dampened UDP for over two years now.. As soon as I saw the other companies making similar companies I halted the development because theirs is cheaper and few people buy "better" these days.
Jake,

Seeing as you stopped development of the dampened UDP, can you give an honest breakdown of what you think between the 4" undampened unit that you have been using lately, versus the aforementioned dampened unit that Cloudsurfer installed by RSS? (Even if you haven't had a chance to get your hands on the other unit in person yet, perhaps you could give me a theoretical comparison).

I don't know the dimensions of the RSS unit, but am curious if going with the smaller and lighter 4" UDP, has more benefits than the perhaps larger and heavier dampened unit...

Please feel free to PM me if you think this would start any unnecessary controversy. I'm very open-minded, and since I would like to install an UDP soon, I would just like to know the pros/cons before going with a particular unit.

Thanks in advance
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