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Old Sep 14, 2002 | 10:48 AM
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Hello....Im new here.

Questions on pulleys...

My balancer pulley is going out...it wobbles some and is making a terrible maracca sound. I was thinking of going with underdrive pulleys instead of putting a stock pulley back on.

Can someone tell me the advantages/disadvantages to this?

((only mods are: Clear MTI High Flow Air Lid, Holley Powershot Filter, Holley Flowtech Cutout, SLP Fan Switch Mod, SLP Cold Air Induction, BMR Strut Tower Brace, Baker Precision Bellows Tube, TB Bypass))

Thank You.
Chris
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Old Sep 14, 2002 | 11:16 AM
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advantage is that you'll pick up 10 rwhp.
the disadvantage is that if the pulleys aren't balanced correctly they can cause kr... however ASP pulleys are supposed to be really good, and not cause any problems. I'd go with ASP if you were to get some.
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 02:39 AM
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running the asp pulleys on both cars .no problems here. works great.good mod. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 02:53 AM
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You better tighten that thing up or your gonna damage your engine.
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 07:58 AM
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Listen to Quickin!
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Old Sep 16, 2002 | 09:40 PM
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Old Sep 17, 2002 | 12:51 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Quickin:
<strong>You better tighten that thing up or your gonna damage your engine.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">sorry for the ignorance, but are you talking about the stock pulleys...or is this a reference to making sure the new pulleys are extra tight.
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 10:48 AM
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You don't want to leave a loose balancer on your engine. Stock/asp whatever. Tighten it pronto.
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