2018+ OEM Harmonic Balancer

[WD Pro]

Yeah I am guessing your engine build date is mid 2019 then ?

I suspect my engine build to blend date relationship may be messed up a little due to CV19 i.e. engine build pre CV19 but my blend date was pushed back due to CV19.

It would be interesting to see how long engines sit in the system prior to being fitted (in my case, five months).

WD

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[ice445]

Yeah I am guessing your engine build date is mid 2019 then ?

I suspect my engine build to blend date relationship may be messed up a little due to CV19 i.e. engine build pre CV19 but my blend date was pushed back due to CV19.

It would be interesting to see how long engines sit in the system prior to being fitted (in my case, five months).

WD

Nope, my engine was finished and few days before my car

 

[DivineStrike]

Seems the OP's original question has been lost in this discussion of what models have what damper. Anyone have an actual answer?

 

[WildHorse]

Anyone have an actual answer?

15-17 use a genuine Fluid Damper.

 

[DivineStrike]

15-17 use a genuine Fluid Damper.

lol he never asked what kind it was, just if a 15-17 car can use the 18+ damper and if there is any benefit to doing so

 

[WildHorse]

lol

lol answering the dude above me. lol specific balancers are for specific engine. lol try to swap you'll have an imbalance. lol.

 

[GregO]

specific balancers are for specific engine. lol try to swap you'll have an imbalance. lol.

Isn’t this dependent on whether or not the design of the rotating assembly is internally balanced or externally balanced ?
Like the old days of the SBC, everything but the 400 cid SBC was internally balanced whereas the 400 was externally balanced.
I’m unsure of how the Coyote is balanced. Off the cuff I’d guess Internally balanced.

 

[bauern]

15-17 use a genuine Fluid Damper.

18-19 and apparently some very early 20's have the fluid (viscous) damper.

Isn’t this dependent on whether or not the design of the rotating assembly is internally balanced or externally balanced ?
Like the old days of the SBC, everything but the 400 cid SBC was internally balanced whereas the 400 was externally balanced.
I’m unsure of how the Coyote is balanced. Off the cuff I’d guess Internally balanced.

They are interchangeable, the viscous damper is about 4 lbs. heavier though.

 

[WildHorse]

Off the cuff I’d guess Internally balanced.

Externally balanced you'd see weights on the balancer, flywheel/flexplate etc. So looking at the coyote, I'd guess internal as well. Especially with the high rpm's these engines reach.

18-19 and apparently some very early 20's have the fluid (viscous) damper.

Sorry.. I mean it was made by Fluidampr .

 

[GregO]

Sorry.. I mean it was made by Fluidampr

Just so I’m understanding this correctly.
Ford Motor Company contracted Fluidampr to produce the balancers for the Gen 3 for the first few years of production 2018-2020ish ?

 

[Dfeeds]

Just so I’m understanding this correctly.
Ford Motor Company contracted Fluidamper to produce the balancers for the Gen 3 for the first few years of production 2018-2020ish ?

That would be cool, and may explain the switch. Fluidamper may have had supply issues during the pandemic. So Ford switched to an elastomeric instead of halting production.

 

[WildHorse]

Just so I’m understanding this correctly.
Ford Motor Company contracted Fluidamper to produce the balancers for the Gen 3 for the first few years of production 2018-2020ish ?

15-17.

 

[bauern]

15-17.

No, only 18-19. Every other Coyote ever made has an elastomeric damper

 

[WildHorse]

No, only 18-19. Every other Coyote ever made has an elastomeric damper

Wow. Egg on my face. You are 109% correct. So yeah the 18-19 can be interchanged.

 

[GregO]

I’d say this thread is Officially “Ef’ed Up”

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