Eliot ,
You are lucky the Damper didn't come apart ,
"walking" is generally caused by over-reving the engine hard enough to
break the bond between the inner hub and outer ring .
The 2 parts are "molded" together ,
if the timing marks are off the damper is ruined and is just waiting to get
loose and explode the next time you hit the redline .
...................Jim
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Anything that has moved that much is broke! I've been using the same damper for 15 years and it hasn't moved at all. If it is shifting at all, even a few degrees, it should be replaced.eliotmansfield wrote:Also consider that it's known for the outside to shift considerably over time. Been working with matts tvr/rover v8, his outer damper (and hence the timing marks) were out by around 70 degrees!jsmcortina wrote:Make sure that your trigger wheel is attached to the centre of the damper not outside the elastomer part or it will give somewhat erratic timing.
James
I remarked my damper 3 years ago. Soon, when I fit a wheel to inner(!), I will re-check and see if its shifted since then.
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It's on a 5L TVR engine, These things are supposed to be the last word in rover v8's - but having looked at parts of them closer - I know that's far from the case.
The damper is probably a bog standard rover v8 part which redlines at 5.5k  - the tvr engine revs in excess of 6k.
You cant replace it without rebalancing the entire engine again, because the 5L engines were balanced externally on the damper (And the crank to an extent too).
From: Jim [mailto:LowQCab@bellsouth.net]
Sent: 16 May 2006 23:39
To: megasquirt-ignition@msefi.com
Subject: LS1 ignition
Eliot ,
You are lucky the Damper didn't come apart ,
"walking" is generally caused by over-reving the engine hard enough to
break the bond between the inner hub and outer ring .
The 2 parts are "molded" together ,
if the timing marks are off the damper is ruined and is just waiting to get
loose and explode the next time you hit the redline .
...................Jim
This post is at: http://www.msefi.com/viewtopic.php?p=120367#120367
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The damper is probably a bog standard rover v8 part which redlines at 5.5k  - the tvr engine revs in excess of 6k.
You cant replace it without rebalancing the entire engine again, because the 5L engines were balanced externally on the damper (And the crank to an extent too).
From: Jim [mailto:LowQCab@bellsouth.net]
Sent: 16 May 2006 23:39
To: megasquirt-ignition@msefi.com
Subject: LS1 ignition
Eliot ,
You are lucky the Damper didn't come apart ,
"walking" is generally caused by over-reving the engine hard enough to
break the bond between the inner hub and outer ring .
The 2 parts are "molded" together ,
if the timing marks are off the damper is ruined and is just waiting to get
loose and explode the next time you hit the redline .
...................Jim
This post is at: http://www.msefi.com/viewtopic.php?p=120367#120367
Posted by email.