Originally posted by RogerB:
Originally posted by ssmumich00:
on a more technical note, I was wonderiing if there was a way to counterbalance the crankshaft (better weighted cams or something) so that our car WOULDN'T need a damper(DMD as applicable at all, like the Prosche GT3?

With such a small engine, it seems like it should be possible, right??



As I understand it...(big disclaimer, here)

The DMD dampens harmonics. There is no way to "balance" crank harmonics, per se.

Balancers solve a different problem, which is vibration caused by an inherently out-of-balance system, like an inline 4.



EXACTLY!! Our V6 is inherently out of balance, is an inline 6 out of balance or are the harmonics better there?? And, I would venture to guess that there should be a way to counterbalance the entire mechanism so that vibrations are null. . .it would take far more R&D Ford could afford, but I was just saying, maybe the duratec v6 could be "reblanced" by some measure of changing the weight of the pistons, rob length, etc. . .I'm WAYYYY out of my league here, but as conjecture, I'm curious if any of the engineers and tech gurus here have an input. . .

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