ok i remember a couple years back on hot rod magazine or so they did a test and tune on a hugger orange ss camaro from sam school from hood mods on the ss hood down to diff cams but they also bypassed the power steering with a certain belt length and dropped up to half a second!!!!!! as wat i member ??does any body kno the belt number or remeber wat i am talkin bout sorry first day on here cnt get the search method workin

 

dayco polycog 5060525. got mine from advance auto. 52.5" belt

 

Half a second,i dont think so.Maybe half a tenth. .005
I tried it last year and gained nothing.No better et, or mph.

 

1/2 a second is pushing it but that car is making alot of power but if you run an electric h2o pump why run a belt (track only)

 

thx for the belt number yea look up the article its more than a tenth and yea yall half a second is like 50 horsepower lol i know tats not possible but member bein surprised by gain they got they did change before heads and cam swap so power was in 300 to lower 400 range but thx for belt number and will try to post time change also gng to try my new nano see how it works

 

is that just a belt that bypasses the P/S pump completely?

 

yea man bypasses the ps completely and takes drag away from ur pump old buddy said it takes a lil thinkin to route tho at first till u get used to it u kno routin and all on article it said all u had to do was remove a bolt tat wud get in way but ill find mag soon and post here now tat i got the belt number will try tis weekn

 

Besides the weight loss, ditching the power steering gives back a good amount of power.

Here is a article quote from SAM Racings 99 camaro.

Power Steering Bypass
Massingill discovered the final part of the LS1 Camaro’s evolution by accident. While at a race, he spotted a similar Camaro whose owner, Tony Whatley, had sourced a shorter serpentine accessory drivebelt that bypassed the power steering pump. A Gates belt (PN K-060512) forgoes the driver-side idler pulley and lower alternator bolt. "The first time you do it, it’ll take 15 minutes to figure it out. After you get the hang of it, it takes less than 5 minutes (to install)." Power gain directed to the rear wheels cut a whopping three-tenths off the e.t., and the S.A.M. Camaro ran it’s best-ever 11.474 and 120.45 mph in the quarter without affecting off-road response. HR

Keep in mind this was 3 tenths off a car that was already in the 11's
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u can also remove the A/C belt too, but these are Little gains,they are only worth couple tenths at Best.