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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 08:47 PM
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Ok so so drove car about 100 miles before this happened . I. Thinking belt was too loose and maybe tensioner bound it up when I got on it?? This is a holley alt/ ps bracket. I ordered a new one, new idler, and a gates fleetrunner belt . We will see what happens .


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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 09:42 PM
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That sucks man.
Glad you got it running!
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If I were going to do another Whipple build, I'd opt for a direct drive. I chased a few belt issues myself but once they were under control, I switched to a turbo. Wish I would have tried nitrous with that blower.

Anyhow, that seems like it took some force to break that bracket.
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 06:16 AM
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Ya things an animal! I think it was me forgetting to re tighten the belt, and stomping on it. Things got so much power now.
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Originally Posted by Razor
If I were going to do another Whipple build, I'd opt for a direct drive. I chased a few belt issues myself but once they were under control, I switched to a turbo. Wish I would have tried nitrous with that blower.

Anyhow, that seems like it took some force to break that bracket.
Why did you get rid of whipple? How does it stack up to the turbo.? My parts are coming in mon , so I will be at the drags weds . Hopefully I won't get kicked out for going faster than 11.50 .I really don't want to put a cage in .
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Back on the road . New idler, holley bracket, and a gates greenstripe fleetrunner belt. I think I just had it adjusted wrong
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How much boost are you seeing? Which pulley are you running? Keep us up to date on the reliability for use as a dd.
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Originally Posted by gsteele
How much boost are you seeing? Which pulley are you running? Keep us up to date on the reliability for use as a dd.
About 10 lbs . 3.75 pulley, stock ly6 lower. using a glow shift boost gauge so I'm not sure how accurate it is. I will be installing an aem shortly
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