AmMscl

I got a brand new Vortech V9 kit with aftercooler for sale

Crunch

Maybe you should send Chris ARE 360 a PM.

buschman

Where did you get your replacement S/C pully? Any chance that it is not the right one for your setup? It seems like it doesn't take a large margin of offset to start shredding belts on a regular occation. Perhaps, since you have had to change blower pullys, something is wrong with the offset? Assuming ATI sent you the replacment, have you ever raised this issue with them?

Just a thought,
Mike

BIGBOS

I got an ASP blower pulley, instead of the reichards, those were shredding the belts..

Now the belt really doesn't slip, but it walks off, we are close, its just an alingment issue...

I drove the car around on motor for a little today, very smooth....

Black LS1 T/A

You have to install the Reichard with the stamp facing the blower (like ATI does). The grip-slots you don't want eating towards the belt... the angle should be away from the direction of spin. I ate belts with Reichard until I realized I had it on backwards.

Now it grips without shredding, I sanded/repaired the gouging near the idler on my ATI bracket and the new crank bolt seems to be holding... I gotta get back to the track and see what 10 to 11 PSI will do for me.

BIGBOS

I dropped the car of at Z9's shop this morning, the blower defiently looks like it needs to be moved back a little....also we were talking and he brought up a point that I'm running an iron block, would the mounting locations be different?

1dirtyZ

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i'm running an iron block too , it doesn't seem to affect it. i just put thick steel shims between the block and where the alternator bracket bolt is supposed to go ( cause ther is no place to drill and tap a hole for it like on the aluminum block).

Black LS1 T/A

I drilled and tapped a hole in the boss where the bolt should go. I forget the size bit... it's at the house.

1dirtyZ

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yup , you'll have to drilland tap a hole like blackls1t/a said.
in retrospect, it just seems that ia bracket brace is a good idea!

bigbos, do you have any pics of the support bracket you had made?

BIGBOS

no, I'm going to be taking a new set of pics of the car as soon as I get it back, I will make sure to post....

1dirtyZ

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here's something interesting!
it could just be rotten luck but it's worth pondering:
i use carquest belts, never had one snap on me ( ecxept when i had the tensioner bearing seize up) while in a run.
well i decided to use the belts napa has to offer; and guess what happened! it didn't even last 24 hours. i put it in last night and retightened it today.i put a good 150 miles on it before i tightened it again. well i was racing a friend and all of a sudden just as i'm shifting into 3rd "snap!" . the belt just snapped.

now this could just be bad luck , but of all the belts i frayed and wore out from carquest, i never had one snap under load, but the napa one did. could the belt snapping issues big bos had be caused be crappy belts?
as a side note , a friend told me to ask for dayton cog belts . he said they are not actual cog belts but just carry the name and are the toughest out there.

BIGBOS

That could be an issue..

I was trying the Gates at first and it was the same issue with those....I will see how the NAPA's do...

Are the carquest belts the same material and what not, what would make them stronger?

1dirtyZ

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i thought you were using the napa's? (acyually i think the napa's are the same as gates)

i guess the carquest belts are a different maker.

BIGBOS

I will look in to those belts if these don't get the job done...

I just need to get the alingment straight for now....

Were close though...

1dirtyZ

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any word from sikora?

Pro Stock John

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Chris had a busy weekend, his camaro went 8.96 on Saturday at GLD (I was there) but Kur was going to work on it Friday and Saturday.

BIGBOS

Chris is starting on it tomorrow....