ok im looking in to all the parts to build up my motor and i hear about all the miata guys blowing up oil pumps when they pass the 250hp range... so fordged oil pump gears are a must for my motor but i also want to stick a damper on the end... but there is no way in heck im paying 550 bucks for one.... and i have been doing some reading but ati is not saying "how it works..."
but from what i am seeing in the cutout, all it is, is a center hub thats bolted to the crank, then a layer of rubber so there is some flex, then a ring/weight around it all with your belt grove carved in to it...
so when it spins, the center hub will take the vibrations from the crank and transfer them in to the rubber and get dampend by the mass of the outside ring... right?
So.... what if i made my own... FOR FREE!!!! all i need is a center hub and an outside ring (cam be made easy with a bit of help from a lathe or something... then center them and lay in some rubber and let it harden... (maybe some "window weld" like they use in the motor mount mods...)
any ideas?
will it work?
but from what i am seeing in the cutout, all it is, is a center hub thats bolted to the crank, then a layer of rubber so there is some flex, then a ring/weight around it all with your belt grove carved in to it...
so when it spins, the center hub will take the vibrations from the crank and transfer them in to the rubber and get dampend by the mass of the outside ring... right?
So.... what if i made my own... FOR FREE!!!! all i need is a center hub and an outside ring (cam be made easy with a bit of help from a lathe or something... then center them and lay in some rubber and let it harden... (maybe some "window weld" like they use in the motor mount mods...)
any ideas?
will it work?
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