FI t/a's from illinois come in...
09-21-2008, 12:32 AM
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FI t/a's from illinois come in... were any of you guys in the Aurora/montgomery area last night?(saturday) I was driving down orchard in a friends gti and saw a red ws6 with the license plate cover cut out with an intercooler hiding inside. I almost had a heart attack I felt so honored to have a fi ta near where I live.
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09-21-2008, 11:32 AM
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sideways, did you ever get the alternator bracket to work right?
Mine has been hell! Going to speed inc tomarrow to buy the manual tensior to see if that will help at all.
Mine has been hell! Going to speed inc tomarrow to buy the manual tensior to see if that will help at all.
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09-21-2008, 10:28 PM
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I pulled the ps pulley when i did my turbo, cause i made ss lines for the power steering. When i put it back on several months later i pushed it on as far as it would go. That was part of my problem. So i pulled it off, and lined it up better. Shimmed bracket out, got a 710k6 on there, and its good to go.
Fyi i have a older thunder racing tensioner, which is similar to katech tensioner. I think the speed inc one is similiar.
IF you get one of those belt alignment laser, and get the bracket in line, installed right, and get the belt tensioned you shouldn't have any problem.
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09-22-2008, 12:34 AM
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It seems like the belt tensior stick out farther with the smokinhawk bracket.
If you notice how he made the bracket, the tensioner bolts onto that so it sticks out about a CM more then normal.
I grinded my tensior down today, and its perfectly level now with the crank pulley.
Problem is i snapped a bolt in the bracket now, so I need to have the machine shop at my work cut off the old nut, and weld a new one on.
Anyway you can take a few close up pics of the bracket/alternator? If you can take a pic on the bolts that hold the alternator in, I wanna see how many washers you used to line yours up.
Here are a few pics of the stock tensior. See how it is sticking too far out?
Grinded down the stock tensioner
Lines up way better now.
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By grinding down the stock tensioner, i was able to have it sit how it used to when stock.
If you notice how he made the bracket, the tensioner bolts onto that so it sticks out about a CM more then normal.
I grinded my tensior down today, and its perfectly level now with the crank pulley.
Problem is i snapped a bolt in the bracket now, so I need to have the machine shop at my work cut off the old nut, and weld a new one on.
Anyway you can take a few close up pics of the bracket/alternator? If you can take a pic on the bolts that hold the alternator in, I wanna see how many washers you used to line yours up.
Here are a few pics of the stock tensior. See how it is sticking too far out?
Grinded down the stock tensioner
Lines up way better now.
\By grinding down the stock tensioner, i was able to have it sit how it used to when stock.
09-22-2008, 11:13 AM
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I thought about that. I am actually about to go to Speedinc and get the alternator setup that they offer. Larry has informed me that there has been 0 issues by anyone using their setup.
Excited to be able to drive my car and not have to worry about the belt flying off =).
Excited to be able to drive my car and not have to worry about the belt flying off =).