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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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on my alt to slow it down, would that screw anything up?
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 02:38 AM
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yes, if you already have an under drive crank pulley
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 07:19 AM
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yes, if you already have an under drive crank pulley
i have the stock crank pulley on
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y did you only replace the alt. pulley?
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 11:06 AM
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y did you only replace the alt. pulley?
last year the plastic fan blew off it at high rpms and smahed my hood. so i figured a bigger pulley on the alt would slow i down alittle
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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last year the plastic fan blew off it at high rpms and smahed my hood. so i figured a bigger pulley on the alt would slow i down alittle

hhmmm...thats odd

yeah... larger will slow it down... but you might have to raise your idle...

might that is..
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 01:05 PM
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fix the fan, not the alternator . the only way the alternator would cause this is if its internal regulator was bad, and you'd have fried more stuff by now
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how high do you normally spin the engine?
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by slowpoke96z28
how high do you normally spin the engine?
shift light is set at 6500rpms
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Why don't you want an underdrive crank pulley?
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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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thats not going to spin the alternator fast enough to ruin it
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Originally Posted by oange ss
yes, if you already have an under drive crank pulley


thats why guys run underdrive ASP crank pullies and the overdriver ASP alt pullies for big systems all the time without issue. it actually solves many problems.

however with a stock crank pully i don't see why this should be happening. sounds like something else is gonig on!
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Why don't you want an underdrive crank pulley?
i have an ati super damper. when i went to install it the bolt heads were hitting the steering rack. so i didnt install it. maybe ill install it over the winter. back to the original question. will the larger alt pulley srew anything up? like tune or mess up HP numbers
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