I saw a pricey ( $375) alminum balancer on ebay, liked the fact, it used a 4 bolt pulley mounting. 6 1/2 dia. will this fit early tbirds ??   I want put a paxton on my car.  Has anyone here bought one ?

Po ol Davie

Sparta , Tn.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/INNOVATORS-WEST-Y-BLOCK-FORD-6-5-HARMONIC-BALANCER-/160544338532?hash=item2561303264&item=160544338532&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr



It's a good balancer. I don't believe it will fit a bird. It is not a direct replacement for any Y. The pulley will be slightly forward of the stock location so you also have to do something with the water pump, gen/alt and any other accessory pulleys.


Lawrenceville, GA

thanks Charley,

     A lot of my bird is custom fabbing , I need to recheck the dia.  of the bird balamcer and clearance. Want a triple pulley . 

Po ol Davie

Sparta , Tn.

Mongo;

I'm probably comparing apples to oranges here, but on my 56 Customline I'm running a 3 groove crank pulley and the back of the mechanical fan blades hit the outer pulley. I had to shim out the fan. If youre running an electric fan, no worries. May not have any issues with the bird.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Hey Dave, here is how it looks on my engine, may give you an idea of the fit.

Thats one of Ted's custom elec waterpumps, but you can see it sticks out quite a bit more than the damper.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Keep in mind that the 'Bird damper is different from the car damper due to the water pump spacer and generator placement.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Besides a weight reduction, 360 calibration, and looking trick where is the benefit of this balancer and further what gain is achieved in weight and performance, if anyone has an evaluation.  As stated these are pricey and other adjustments for fit have to be made.  

Ted, Redding, CA

They are SFI rated for racing.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

If I put air conditioning and the paxton , I already have power steering . It is starting give me a lovely headache, ha ha, heres shout out to Glan, glad you are still hanging in there !!!

Po ol Davie

Sparta , Tn.

Here is a picture of one on my 55 Bird. It has a spacer behind the pulley, Ted installed this so I am not sure if there was anything different at the crankshaft. Maybe Ted can clear this up. The altenator pulley is in the stock generator location and has the stock Bird front mount. 

 

  Vic Correnti