Standard or underdrive pulley? HP difference?
07-04-2017, 02:09 PM
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Standard or underdrive pulley? HP difference?
I'm changing the wobbly crankshaft harmonic balancer and pulley and was contemplating putting on an underdrive pulley. Is there a benefit?
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07-06-2017, 11:24 AM
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Unless you already have most of the other performance mods and are looking for that last .01 second bump in your 1/4 mile time, there's not a benefit for a UD pulley that outweighs the negative for your electrical system.
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07-06-2017, 01:40 PM
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Agree, I would not do an UD pulley on these cars. They're already borderline (at best) at having enough amperage at idle to run all the electronics and fan in particular
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07-06-2017, 02:17 PM
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It certainly wouldn't hurt, though I always wondered if the higher amp units were more difficult to turn or not, which would negate some of the gains. In the end it just doesn't seem worth it to me.
07-07-2017, 11:46 AM
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