Quote Originally Posted by Intropy View Post
My take is this. The benefits of a damper are undisputed. Is anyone even arguing otherwise? If Joe Blow asked me what he should install on his car, I would say a new OEM damper.

That being said, after a decade of running a solid with no unusual bearing wear, am I going to go swap my crank pulley? Nope. Will I change it the next time I pull the engine? Probably not. I'll probably install fresh bearings anyway. I don't expect my bearings to go 100k miles like stock at this power level.

So the argument for solid is basically as illogical as "I smoke and I don't have cancer", but on the other hand it's kinda like trying to tell a guy running 1.4 60's that he needs different tires... if it works it works.
the argument isn't presented for the people who have them, swear buy them, and won't likely use anything else. the argument is there for people who are inclined to take the anecdotal evidence of the few lucky ones as proof-positive.