Im planning on picking up a used spoon torque engine damper. Does anyone know how long these usually last for? The one i am looking into has 6,000 miles on them.

 

id assume it would be based on how the car was driven..

got about 5k on my ingalls with no problem.. i have a friend who's had his ingalls for about 15k or more with no problems with numerous 7k launches and its still like new..

i dont think they wear out unless you install them wrong.. but dont quote me on that..

 

I have yet to take apart my Ingalls to look at the internals. However the J's, Spoon, NRG ETC... Have no moving parts what so ever. Its actually like one solid piece...not like a small shock or anything...therefor it will most likely last forever.

I do think the Ingalls might be a little different as it seems the damper will compress a little. Ill have to take mine apart to see for sure though.

But I would rest assure that an ETD will last a very long time if not forever.

 

6k on a ETD is nothing...

 

Oh ok thanks!

 

There is also no real way to install it right or wrong. The J's racing Damper has it installed one way, and the Ingalls has the Damper installed the opposite way...so there is really no right or wrong way to install it. And will probably never wear out.

 

Not really..

I had a friend install his ingalls wrong on his v6 accord 6speed (7th gen) and it broke the first time he launched the car at the track on drag radials..

Now maybe it's made differently for the accord.. But you can break them.. (my friend with 20k miles on his torque damped has an s2000 though) so just to clarify I've never heard of anyone breaking an s2000 etd

 

What do you mean by installing it wrong though? How did he install it wrong

 

doesn't a car's engine need to generate torque to break an ETD? last i checked torque wasn't a strong point of an S jk haha


but seriously,

I slightly agree with shadow though. Unless you are talking about the brackets or mounting plates breaking... its pretty hard to break a damper by installing it "backwards" in this situation.

Think of it this way, if you take a damper and put it perpendicular to the ground with the "top up" and push on it.. it will compress. If you now take the same damper, and put it "top down" and push on it... it will still compress.... good old newton was right.. every action there is an equal and opposite reaction..

If you push on the damper with 5 lbs of force... the ground is also "pushing on the damper" with 5 pounds of force...

or to put it another way... if i punch you in the face with 2 lbs of force, you face is also punching my knuckes with 2lbs of force it will just hurt your face more than my hand

 

... then again... there may be a weird angle involved.. i have no ETD nor have i looked into buying them in a while.

so if there is a weird stress that is applied to the ETD bends it like a double anchored beam (on both ends)... then it could stress the internal valving (if there is any actually in there as stated earlier in the thread i think)... making a damper into a 'U' shape would not be good for it.