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Super Chevy Magazine More Magazine Articles 7 Hot Engine CombosMild To Wild Small- and Big-Block   How To Make 440 LB-FT Of Torque And 425 HP From A Mild 355!   540 Horsepower for $4800     The 383 Twister   Quest For Torque 450cid   The most common type of balancer is similar to an OEM replacement piece, which is an elastomeric damper that employs a thin line of synthetic rubber to bond the outer damper ring to the hub. A second design, the Fluidampr, uses a free-floating ring inside a sealed case that tunes out crankshaft vibrations over a wide rpm band. Another quality design is the ATI balancer, which is a friction-type balancer. Put simply, a harmonic balancer is a hub of iron mated to a ring of iron by an energy-absorbing source such as those listed above. In theory, when the crankshaft develops a vibration, the rubber, free-floating ring, or steel balls match that vibration to the iron ring and dampen the internal parts of your engine. MODULAR ENGINES WHAT ARE THEY?     An Inside Look at Ford's New, All-Aluminum Blown 5.4L V-8   Nitrous Oxide