the only reason i have removed mine is so i can fit the toothed wheel on to run my timing.

i have seen no information saying the engine makes more power without one, and the post above seems to prove that there is no tangible gain from removing it.

i would, in fact, prefer to have one 'just in case', but haven't seen any failures on the 103 without one... unless this one ^ is eventually traced to the deletion of the balancer.

if anyone can come up with a way of keeping the balancer, and having a toothed wheel,i am all ears, the method of machining the front and pressing a toothed wheel on, as stated above, actually removes the balancing effect, as there is no rubber left.

i cant use the marks on the flywheel, they are long gone woith the lightening and balancing that was done three years ago!

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ce 320 amg
widebody
tiwn turbo
Mutty 'der nail'
soon to be a six speed nail


"some mods improve your car and make it into something it never was, other mods, however, although essentially the same, are not, and make that car a ricer"

if your car isnt shiny, you dont know what you are talking about, remember; paint shine = knowledge. In order to be taken seriously, you should spend all your money on paint, (and get a dyno reading).
Dont forget to polish it often