What tensioner are all the FI guys running?
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What tensioner are all the FI guys running?
I ran the turbo SS yesterday and threw the belt on what would have been my 10-second pass. 1.66 60' 7.1 1/8 @ 100 and then pop goes the belt. On the next pass the belt jumped halfway off the tensioner and got cut so I called it a day.
What tensioner is everybody using? manual tensioner, replace with new stock one, etc?
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What tensioner is everybody using? manual tensioner, replace with new stock one, etc?
thanks
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I actually have a process.
I put the my normal belt on a manual tensioner and move the tensioner to it's max to stretch the belt. Sometimes I'll drive around like this to stretch the belt a little better.
I then remove that tensioner and put the stock spring tensioner on and ensure that the stock tensioner is just a smidge off of the fully extended limit.
I haven't had a belt get thrown since going this way. If I put an un-stretched belt on the stock tensioner I throw the belt. If I run the manual tensioner I will eventually throw the belt.....it just takes a few weeks.
I put the my normal belt on a manual tensioner and move the tensioner to it's max to stretch the belt. Sometimes I'll drive around like this to stretch the belt a little better.
I then remove that tensioner and put the stock spring tensioner on and ensure that the stock tensioner is just a smidge off of the fully extended limit.
I haven't had a belt get thrown since going this way. If I put an un-stretched belt on the stock tensioner I throw the belt. If I run the manual tensioner I will eventually throw the belt.....it just takes a few weeks.
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there was a write up using a 3.8 supercharger tensioner- as it has a high side that keeps the belt from jumping off, and it is cheap when compared to other companies tensioners.
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The ASP one is pretty cheap too, but most of us defintely should run a high lip pulley for the idler because of the rpms we run and what the belt does when you let off... the belt is like a sine wave and it whips off.
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Katech here....its quite nice.
Although my blower drive is dedicated, and also has a manual tensioner.
I think I was only throwing accessory belts, as the stock tensioner was knackered though.
Although my blower drive is dedicated, and also has a manual tensioner.
I think I was only throwing accessory belts, as the stock tensioner was knackered though.
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This thread has the info for you to convert to the 2000 Regal supercharged tensioner pulley.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/749847-buick-tensioner-pulley-swap-pics.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/749847-buick-tensioner-pulley-swap-pics.html
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This thread has the info for you to convert to the 2000 Regal supercharged tensioner pulley.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=749847
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=749847