The ATI Super Damper, meticulously designed for late-model 1.6L Mini Cooper engines, stands as the top choice and a rarity with its SFI 18.1 Certification, ensuring optimum performance for your MINI Cooper.
Upgrade your MINI Cooper with the ATI Super Damper, a top-rated and SFI 18.1 Certified replacement. Designed to fit 2001-2006 Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S models, this damper is engineered to dampen torsional crankshaft vibrations across all RPM levels, ensuring smooth and reliable performance. It serves as a vital shield against engine harmonics and is a direct replacement for the OEM unit. The 6-rib serpentine belt drive and laser-etched timing marks offer precision and accuracy. Please note that a belt tensioner tool is necessary for removing or replacing the factory belt, and the ATI puller is not compatible with this damper.
Understanding the criticality of harmonic resonance in BMW inline-6 engines, ATI Performance Products has collaborated with VAC Motorsports to craft revolutionary dampers. Designed for BMW 2.5L, 2.8L, 3.0L, and 3.2L straight-6 engines in E36 and E46 M3, E9X, E6X, Z3s, and Z4s, these dampers tackle harmonic vibrations, unlocking heightened horsepower, torque, and longevity. Forget about broken oil pumps and timing chains!
Pairing seamlessly with VAC accessory pulleys, these 7" diameter dampers boast OEM-style timing alignment tabs, ensuring a direct fit over OEM balancers. Notably, all ATI Super Dampers exceed SFI 18.1 Safety Certification for competitive use, making them a must-have for BMW enthusiasts. Benefits extend to eliminating vibration issues with lightweight clutch and flywheel assemblies, reducing wear on bearings, engine accessories, and oil pumps, and harmonizing with underdrive pulleys.
Plus, each package includes the lightweight VAC Billet Crankshaft Pulley, proudly made in the USA for uncompromised quality assurance.
This product was last offered at the strikethrough price on
05-03-2026
This product was last offered at the strikethrough price on
05-03-2026
This product was last offered at the strikethrough price on
05-03-2026
This product was last offered at the strikethrough price on
05-03-2026
Group A racecars were the top of their class in both touring car and rally racing. Heavily modified and extremely fast these cars set out to demonstrate the best of what a manufacturer could do on the racetrack. It was the predecessor to the current DTM class racing and set a standard for many other divisions of motorsport to follow.
One of the weaker points of the S14 engine, when speaking from a racing standpoint is the belt drive system. While fine for a street going car, a V-belt is not suitable for high RPM applications. On the track, most of your time will be spent in the higher rev range which puts extreme amounts of stress on the factory setup. BMW realised this and came up with a solution that involved doing away with the V belt system and using a 6 rib serpentine style instead.
Extremely resistant to slippage and failure this design holds up much better the abuse of track duty and won't leave you stranded and waiting for tow back to the pit. Additionally, this kit does not accommodate and a/c compressor and the alternator and waterpump are underdriven by way of slightly larger pulleys. Combined, this puts less of a load on the crankshaft which leads to more efficient power delivery to the ground. If you track you E30 M3, this is an essential upgrade and until now was extremely difficult to source. Do not skip this pivotal step in your engine build or overhaul and get a leg up on the competition the Group A way.
Please note this kit is special order and in non-returnable
Features:
This kit fits the following BMWs:
1986-1992 BMW M3 All
