10 rib setups - side loading of bearings? Any issues?
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10 rib setups - side loading of bearings? Any issues?
I know there's a few of you guys running 10 rib belt setups for your blowers. Have any of you have issues with bearings or anything from the extra side loading of the accessories?
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No loss of oil pressure, I was just worried about the crank because the belt had to be extremely tight or I would get belt slippage, I did not think that this could be good and the talk about parasitic drive loss interested me in a turbo,and the cost of the 12 rib belt at a $100.00 a pop. I pulled the motor just to check the bearings out, thats how I found out about the wear, A friend of mine has a 67 stang with a 427 supercharged and he said that he was having to change out the mains app every 10,000 miles...
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i think you have that backwards? Going with a 10-rib allows you to keep the belt looser before slipping, with the 8-rib you actually have to tighten the **** out of it. I loosened my 10rib today so i can rotate it about 90* and still no slip, i think a 8-rib would be slipping in that case