Balancer question

[Drake Racing]

IMCA late model engine, no balancer, only the 3 ears that the pulley bolts to, no ring.
Has anyone done this? I know sprint car guys used to, but never seen it on late model
engine. Curious if engine would start cracking internals from the vibration.

Curt Drake
#55x

[Ferg58]

Dont run it without it. I had a motor that had that done before I purchased it. Broke snout off of the crank later on. I know that was the reason. They had timing chain issues before that too. Put one on it.

[let-r-eat]

Do not run without one unless you want to work on the engine after every night.

[Rodz]

When I have an engine come in for a freshen up without one, It doesn't leave without one. Crack check everything. It can cause problems everywhere even valve train issues and there's nothing to be gained with a hub. HP can actually increase with a balancer.

[dave41]

had ring come off latemodel , lost torque, would not pull up straights.

[racin6mod]

A engine builder in the area builds all of his motors with the crank hub. they have trouble keeping the carb bolts tight and the bell housing bolts. it's a bad idea I told him if it were possible to run a race engine with out a vibration dampener the cup guys would be doing it(they use a bigger balancer) most of the cup motors are balanced to the highest level and run short strokes, sprint cars use the water as a vibration dampener. the water pump is run off the crank snout.