Light weight pulley's

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Cpt_chood
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Light weight pulley's

Post by Cpt_chood »

putting this out there to get your opinions on light weight pulley's, also wanted to know if there where any long term problems with them?
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Post by Legacy777 »

I ran an underdrive/lightweight pulley since early 2001. Swapped over to a stock size lightweight pulley a couple months ago so I wouldn't have the loss of speed in the alternator & a/c pullies.

I've been told that you're fine running the lightweight pullies if you're making under a certain hp limit. I think it was around 300 or so...may be slightly less.

But in stock form....you'll be fine.
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Post by IronMonkeyL255 »

Generally, underdrive pullies are more likely to cause problems than lightweight (but stock diameter) pullies.
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Post by STi_GUY »

I was told that even the lightwieght stock diameter pulleys may cause vibration in the long run. I dont really believe it. I have a stock diameter pully from Mr. Josh. 1.2 lbs. The pulleys are lighter because they do not have a lot of the material used to balance the stock pulleys.

... or so I was told.


p.s. when doing my rebuild, the mechanic wouldn't put on the lightwieght pulley "for liability reasons". What a bunch of crap.
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