track improvements from running without accesory belt
track improvements from running without accesory belt i have a 97 trans am with cam and full bolt ons. would i see any significant gains from running without the belt. i still have a/c and power steering.
also do you know how long you can drive without the accesory belt hooked up?
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From: Born/Raised North East, MD Lived in VA, NC, MI Back in Yorktown, Va
well if you wanna get into racing your gonna face that all the time so stop racing now. i ran some guy that had a proven low 11 sec evo and kept side by side all cause he didnt know how to drive. his mommy and daddy had alot of money he saw a car he liked and they bought it. i had to tell him abuot **** done to his car cause he had no clue.
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ok thanks. i was hoping that i would gain about 15 hp from it. ive got a guy with a new charger that wants to race me. idk what all he has on his car but im sure he still has a hp advantage on me. im hopeing that i can get a couple car lengths on him if the belt is off.
also do you know how long you can drive without the accesory belt hooked up?
also do you know how long you can drive without the accesory belt hooked up?
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Verdad Gallardo well i have seen that underdrive pully kits added 8 rwhp so i didnt think it would be to outof line for it to gain around 15 at the flywheel not having to turn the accesories to 6500
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back to back dyno results on my car 2 weeks ago showed a 10rwhp gain from running with the belt, to without...
better have one hell of a battery if you're gonna run some guy on the street w/ no belt.
better have one hell of a battery if you're gonna run some guy on the street w/ no belt.
well i have two 900 amp batteries in the car and its pretty easy to remove the belt on my car. so if it is enogh to get my a win then i would do it. any other advice for squeezing another tenth or 2 out of it would be apreciated
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From: Born/Raised North East, MD Lived in VA, NC, MI Back in Yorktown, Va
/\ on a LT the only thing the belt runs is your A/C ALT and PS i never had A/C so that was never a problem and i dont honestly think losing that little bit of a margin is worth losing PS unless its a race for money or something and i need every slight advantage i would but if anything id pull the belt right as im sitting in the lanes and push the car forward untill i got to the line ran and as soon as i got my slip pull to the side throw the belt back on and let it run for a few minutes to recharge the battery on any charge it lost. just my two pennies tho lol
already took all that out except for the battery. but it helps with traction and i neeed all the traction i can get on street tires.
