well see im about to turn 17 only a junior in high school so i live with the parents so i can get around if i need to without my car but yes my car is still my daily driver but i am willing to park it in the garage a few days if it needs to for mods or to get something fixed. but i understang what your sayin about alluminum pulleys.
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Aluminum pulleys will not bend. lmao This is BBK we are talking about, not some E-bay brand. BBK is a good performance brand, they don't make their products out of cheap or thin aluminum. I have never heard of anyone bending a set of UDP's anyway, let alon BBK pulleys.
By this logic the 96-98 Cobra aluminum Teksid blocks wouldn't be safe to drive on since they are aluminum, they might crack down the middle... The Teksid block is rated past 1000hp.
I would try to find steel pulleys, Steeda and ASP also make the pulleys. Alluminum pulleys may flex or bend, just something to think about, especially if its your only transportation.
Aluminum pulleys aren't going to bend
We're talking about billet & alloy aluminum, not aluminum foil!!!!!
I read in your other thread that you're looking at getting a supercharger. If you're serious about the s/c, forget about the UDP. You will have to take them off once you get the charger on anyways..
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Aluminum pulleys will not bend. lmao This is BBK we are talking about, not some E-bay brand. BBK is a good performance brand, they don't make their products out of cheap or thin aluminum. I have never heard of anyone bending a set of UDP's anyway, let alon BBK pulleys.
By this logic the 96-98 Cobra aluminum Teksid blocks wouldn't be safe to drive on since they are aluminum, they might crack down the middle... The Teksid block is rated past 1000hp.
Its just an alternative that I suggested, I didn't say that everything in the world made out of aluminum is going to break, but steel is stronger than aluminum, do what you want, and just because YOU haven't heard of any aluminum pulleys bending, does not mean they haven't. OK?
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well i have to agree with that one guy about the alluminum engine blocks... i think its safe to say you have seen alluminum pulleys bend so thats must have taken some major abuse to bend... just sayin lol
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Its just an alternative that I suggested, I didn't say that everything in the world made out of aluminum is going to break, but steel is stronger than aluminum, do what you want, and just because YOU haven't heard of any aluminum pulleys bending, does not mean they haven't. OK?
The only way you can bend a pulley is during removal. If you don't know what your doing and try the "pry it off" method, it'll probably bend. Once installed, there is no way in hell you can bend a pulley, you can jam on your engine as hard as you want but it's not going to matter. I guess one more way it could bend is if you take a 20lb sledge hammer and give it a few good cracks.
One of the most widely used high-strength aluminum alloys is alloy 6061 with T6 temper. Pound for pound, 6061-T6 is stronger than some steel alloys, but not as strong as others.
if u get the 42% reduction pulley make sure to also get a smaller alternator pulley. when i got mine it worked fine for like 6-7 months but then the car started dieing so i bought a smaller alt pulley and its fine now. my friend had the same problem too.
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They do not add hp. They free up hp that the engine accessories take up. They are oversized so that the accessories run slower than they do with the smaller stock pulleys. Most people say that the 24% and the 42% pulleys do the exact same thing, only the 42% pulleys may make the engine die since the battery is not getting as much charge as it should.
Are you sure about this? Last time I checked by the laws of physics a larger crank pulley would cause the accessories to run faster. Over sizing the other pulleys would cause them to turn slower but not the crank.
I have used motoblue 42% for almost three years without any cooling or charging issues, and I have had two 10" subs. I just didn't install the water pump pulley.
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I would try to find steel pulleys, Steeda and ASP also make the pulleys. Alluminum pulleys may flex or bend, just something to think about, especially if its your only transportation.
Never seen that in 25 years of hot rodding, even on a March V-belt setup on a 550 hp 460 that had the pulley worn half through.
Are you sure about this? Last time I checked by the laws of physics a larger crank pulley would cause the accessories to run faster. Over sizing the other pulleys would cause them to turn slower but not the crank.
I have used motoblue 42% for almost three years without any cooling or charging issues, and I have had two 10" subs. I just didn't install the water pump pulley.
I realized that I had mixed them up after I had typed them but I have slow internet at my house and didn't feel like editing it to fix them. It was my mistake and I was too lazy to fix it.
That does not mean that other people have not had charging issues with the 42% pulleys though. Several people have had them although I would be willing to bet that a lot of it had to do with the area that they lived in as well as the age of their battery too.
