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?
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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Verdad Gallardo 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
