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Old 02-03-2008, 10:00 AM
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In researching a cam for my car it was mentioned to me that since the crank pulley must be removed its a good idea to purchase an underdrive pulley. Has any experianced and charging or cooling issues using an underdrive pulley in their LSX vehical? I would imagine on a hot day in traffic there may be some overheating issues. Has anyone had any problems with this or are LSX vehicals void of thses issues?
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i dont have one, but i'm getting one soon probably. i've always heard that unless you have a decent sized sound system or something that would drain a good bit of electricity, your shouldn't have a problem.
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I haven't had any prob's w/overheating or charging myself.I used a bit of "water wetter" and run around 190 in Aug. heat.
F.W.I.W. buy a new crank bolt when ya' put on the balancer.
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I have a pulley and yeah my charging goes negative at a stop light, but my warm in gear idle is at like 450rpm. If I ease it up by foot to 600 rpm it goes positive, so I need to get that adjusted.

If you're getting a cam you'll likely be getting a tune also and your idle we be set high enough that charging at idle will not be a problem.

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good 2 know, thanx
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with a cam your suppose to drill the hole in your throttle body a little until you correct your idle
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Originally Posted by redt/a2000
with a cam your suppose to drill the hole in your throttle body a little until you correct your idle
The same can be acheived with tuning and not molesting your TB.
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Originally Posted by redt/a2000
with a cam your suppose to drill the hole in your throttle body a little until you correct your idle

As stated above, no, you're not "suppose" to.
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Ditto on the drill hole.

I have the SLP pully and no issues with charging or cooling.
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Originally Posted by alamantia
In researching a cam for my car it was mentioned to me that since the crank pulley must be removed its a good idea to purchase an underdrive pulley. Has any experianced and charging or cooling issues using an underdrive pulley in their LSX vehical? I would imagine on a hot day in traffic there may be some overheating issues. Has anyone had any problems with this or are LSX vehicals void of thses issues?
No issues what so ever, no tricks done, no lower deg thermos. Slap it on and forget it.




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