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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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I have a 98 vette with a lingenfelter motor in it....(magnacharger) when you get on it hard the belt serpentine belt trys to fly off.....i was wondering if anybody made a tensioner with more tension than stock?
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Try Katech, they are a sponsor listed on the right side of the screen.
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Alot of the boosted guys run a solid tensioner and a higher wall pully. I think there's one in the classifeds today.
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Katech has a nice one on there website for $135.
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Originally Posted by pro2low
I have a 98 vette with a lingenfelter motor in it....(magnacharger)
When did your little *** get a vette?
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When did your little *** get a vette?
whats the matter scared? its got this big grey thing on top of the motor that whines really loud????? is that bad? ha
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Some guys have switched to the Buick supercharger pulley. Don't remember the part number though. There was a thread on it a while back
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