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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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I,ve been told to get some more hp you can buy pulleys? What pulleys would you buy?? Thanks
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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25% underdrive crank pulley. brands (slp,powerbond,asp,ati) theres a bunch out there. I would go with the ati, seems to be of better quality. I see your from PEI, I'm in Nova Scotia.
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Thanks for the info. Yes nice to see some peopls from the maratimes on here haha
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by trans_am_2000
I,ve been told to get some more hp you can buy pulleys? What pulleys would you buy?? Thanks
I have ASP. Been good to me so far
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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As far as I know, the pulley will allow you to get more power to the ground, but for the price, it's almost a negligible difference. I have heard of gains of like 3-5 hp. I could be wrong though.
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which pulley is the lightest out of them all?
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
which pulley is the lightest out of them all?
ASP is the lightest
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Do yourself a favor and don't look for horsepower in the accessory drive because there isn't much to be gained. If you use a cheap damper, you will have engine harmonics issues leading to crank and timing chain problems.

I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 10% under drive and only from ATI. Whatever you do, don't use an ASP. Do a search on all of the recent timing chain failures on cars with ASP crankshaft 'dampers'. (I put 'damper' in parenthesis because they don't dampen very well, if at all.)

The 25% under drives are too small for an LS1, not adequately controlling harmonics in the engine.
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Originally Posted by nemss1
ASP is the lightest
Not correct. The ASP 25% under drive is 8 lbs. and the ATI 10% under drive is 4.5 lbs.

The ATI is more expensive, but you don't skimp on engine balancers.
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