Those fluidampr things look nice but with the amount of money flowing out of the pocket it will definitely be a choice between the two currently on the bench. I was surprised at how different they are. I think I will go with the short bolt one. Thanks for the feedback. You have been super helpful with all my questions.
The short bolt one has no rubber. It’s very curious how different they are. I read something somewhere about DMF Vs SMF and the two different balancers. How they might make a difference in terms of the frequencies of vibration. But as with lots of info online, not really a clear conclusion.
I did some looking back when I went SMF and never found anything concrete, general consensus was it doesn't matter that much. I found a new fluidampr for 400 and wanted to see what the hype was all about, it seemed to idle a tad bit smoother and seemed worth it while I was active duty... nowadays, probably not.
I did see the thinner style on a mk4 tdi in the junkyard one time, not sure which year it was.
I have a 1995 T100 as my back up. But sadly it is losing the rust battle despite my efforts to patch and weld.
It's possible that the fat Daddy's were deemed excessive and the small one did as good or better...cost less due to less amount of metal
Me too, until last night. Today I have two to work on
The ‘03 on my stand has the small one. Could be the manufacturing side. Ford quit building the Crown Vic for police cruisers because manufacturing tooling wore to the point it was too expensive to repair it, heard that from a Ford rep at a training session.
Your auto? My auto? All autos? The two in front of me are a fatty from a manual and a skinny from an auto. I think the change happened on a date rather by transmission type.
I was wondering that also, but my '03 donor car with a stick had the small one. Can't confirm it was born with it, but probably.