After emailing a bit with intense on my heads I asked about the dampener just to see the guys honest opinion and this it their reply. After looking through my pics I noticed only 6 of the 8 links sit on the dampener so that's a little more wear, but luckily I accounted for the chain being much more taught than a stock even after it stretches by bending the spring just a tad to take some pressure off of it. I will open her up and replace with a new dampener when I blow my trans and post results. I'm not worried about it til then though...
