Argh! - Damper no good - Not made any more

[Mojo88]

I'm finishing up major work (timing chains/MMR guides, followers, lifters, valve seals, phasers, new timing cover) on my car: 2010 Roush 'Hammer' 4.6L 3V. This was Roush's top-of-the-line specialty vehicle for that year. It has a 2.3L TVS supercharger on it, which is driven by a "spider pulley" setup that includes the damper and pulleys. The setup was used on '03-'04 Cobras and is somewhat odd and trouble-prone.

Anyway, I'm cleaning up the damper, getting ready to re-install it, when I see the elastomer bulges on front and rear. The damper is no good, glad I inspected it. I call Roush, but of course they don't stock any more, and nobody makes them. Then I call Brenspeed and a few other places. No help, they all wish me luck, haha. I figure I'll be very lucky if I can find a used one somewhere, or maybe some specialty shop that rebuilds existing dampers.

And then I figured it's time to shop on the old interweb, using the part number on the damper. I did a search and there was a page of returns, but only one mentioned a damper.

I was absolutely blown away, because it was the exact damper I needed, and it was cheap, and it was BRAND NEW! The automotive Gods smiled on me.

Sometimes you get lucky!

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Youve done all that work and are running a stock balancer, why?

 

[86GT351]

I'm finishing up major work (timing chains/MMR guides, followers, lifters, valve seals, phasers, new timing cover) on my car: 2010 Roush 'Hammer' 4.6L 3V. This was Roush's top-of-the-line specialty vehicle for that year. It has a 2.3L TVS supercharger on it, which is driven by a "spider pulley" setup that includes the damper and pulleys. The setup was used on '03-'04 Cobras and is somewhat odd and trouble-prone.

Anyway, I'm cleaning up the damper, getting ready to re-install it, when I see the elastomer bulges on front and rear. The damper is no good, glad I inspected it. I call Roush, but of course they don't stock any more, and nobody makes them. Then I call Brenspeed and a few other places. No help, they all wish me luck, haha. I figure I'll be very lucky if I can find a used one somewhere, or maybe some specialty shop that rebuilds existing dampers.

And then I figured it's time to shop on the old interweb, using the part number on the damper. I did a search and there was a page of returns, but only one mentioned a damper.

I was absolutely blown away, because it was the exact damper I needed, and it was cheap, and it was BRAND NEW! The automotive Gods smiled on me.

Sometimes you get lucky!
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There is nobody that rebuilds them. Buy new. Sadly you will be switching brands.

 

[Mojo88]

Youve done all that work and are running a stock balancer, why?

The damper is a truly rare item, it's a Cobra damper, it's anything but 'stock'.

Look at this picture below of the front of the one I bought and you'll understand. Are you suggesting there is an aftermarket replacement available?? If so, please post a link or something for me to search. Thanks

 

[Mojo88]

There is nobody that rebuilds them. Buy new. Sadly you will be switching brands.

Ahh, thanks, I didn't know about rebuild services. I bought that new one in the eBay pic. I was posting because I was AMAZED that I actually managed to find a new one. I never in a million years thought I'd find a brand new one. I thought I'd end up paying top dollar for some used POS damper........

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Innovators West 813.

 

[86GT351]

Innovators West 813.

Ding Ding DIng. We have a winner

 

[Juice]

Its kind of funny that Ebay almost always has what need. Usually....

 

[JC SSP]

There are no aftermarket SFI rated dampners for '03-'04 Cobras? Fluidampr, ATI, etc.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

There are no aftermarket SFI rated dampners for '03-'04 Cobras? Fluidampr, ATI, etc.

Guess you didnt read all the replies lol.

 

[JC SSP]

I can read…. innovators west 813 was the only one mentioned.

Enlighten me… what did I fail to read.

 

[golkhl]

i put one of these on my 08 Bullitt when I installed the Roush TVS.

 

[Mojo88]

Innovators West 813.

Yeah, I included a pic below of this one. It looks like it would actually work. That's great info, thanks....