Belts
I replaced both belts when doing cam/heads swaps at 80,000 miles and then again at 130,000 and now at 205,000 + miles the belts still look good and make no noise...I am still using the belt tentioner that came on the car new...I would have to differ with MR. LS6427's opinion the OEM GM belt tentioner seems like a pretty good part to me after 205,000 + miles and it still performs like it did when new....I have shifted this car countless times at 7,000 rpms and have never thrown a belt ...
If you had a Katech tensioner, you would have 205,000 miles on your first belt.
And really, who gives a damn how many miles YOU got out of your factory tensioner......its a piece of **** design that wears out and looses its tension pretty early for most people.
Its just so hard to talk to walls sometimes.
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Last edited by LS6427; Apr 8, 2010 at 07:52 PM.
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Some day when you have more torque you WILL throw the belts when you wack the throttle, its a very common problem with engines that actually have power. Call Katech and ask them WHY they designed the fixed tensioner, thn you'll understand.
If you had a Katech tensioner, you would have 205,000 miles on your first belt.
And really, who gives a damn how many miles YOU got out of your factory tensioner......its a piece of **** design that wears out and looses its tension pretty early for most people.
Its just so hard to talk to walls sometimes.
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If you had a Katech tensioner, you would have 205,000 miles on your first belt.
And really, who gives a damn how many miles YOU got out of your factory tensioner......its a piece of **** design that wears out and looses its tension pretty early for most people.
Its just so hard to talk to walls sometimes.
.
You have no clue on how much HP and TQ I produce and by looking at your sig with 427 cubic inches your output is hardly what I would consider a torque monster .. I work at a Chevy dealership and I would say that the GM belt tensioner is a very good part...as I said before mine has 205,000+ miles on it and it is still operating as it was designed ... when I replaced my belts it was because I was using a different size pulley not because they were worn out ... and hundreds of power shifts at 7,000 rpms without a belt being thrown speaks for itself...I know that you will reply with some more of your never ending BS ... Katech should pay your for at much nut hugging as your doing ... we will just have to agree to disagree on this one dude...
