*Pulley issue*
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Melting Slicks
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*Pulley issue*
I have a Reichard pulley on my NOVI 2000, take a look at this belt after about 100 street miles and about 1 dozen pulls up to 120 or so. I was told the Reichard are tough on belts but this belt looks like it's won't take much more. I've been assured it's straight and this is more the norm. Chris is kind enough to send out a flat head pulley which I was told would make less power. Thought???
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Melting Slicks
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It's hard to tell if it's an alignment problem for the other side is slightly worn also. Not frail at least non that I can see, but never the less slightly worn.
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Eyeballing it doesn't work. You have to get a calibrated laser on it from Gates. That's the only way to know. After that, you may need to run it on the dyno to make sure nothing is deflecting under boost, changing the alignment.
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I'm not personally a fan of the Reichard pulleys, you would not have any belt slip with a standard pulley, there's no need to chew up the belts with those pulleys.
(std pulley on my own car too!)
(std pulley on my own car too!)
