Look what i got for free

[bumslie75]

Haha they do when i bought new head lights and i think stuff to change the oil they were i dont understand what year is your truck

[JohnC]

Yeah my uncle builds street rods, and he really blows their minds when he goes in there for something. They want to know what it goes on, and he tells them it doesn't matter. They tell him that's the only way they can look it up. So he says ok it's going in a 33 Dodge. He had one guy look at him and say. "Dodge's didn't come with a 350 Chevrolet engine." I think he really enjoys going in and messing with the young guys.

[qu1cks1lver56]

Originally Posted by JohnC

It's really only confusing for the guys behind the counter. You know exactly what you need. You start throwing them different years, and they will go into lockdown mode.

haha yeah. they always look at me weird when i get a filter for a 92. and they really were asking questions when i was coming in for a 92 water pump, pulleys and belt.

[87 STEPPER]

When you pull this set up off, there are several studs that go through the aluminum castings and thread into the heads and you will need to remove and reuse them as well.

[qu1cks1lver56]

Originally Posted by 87 STEPPER

When you pull this set up off, there are several studs that go through the aluminum castings and thread into the heads and you will need to remove and reuse them as well.

x2 I forgot to say that. I used most of them, but used bolts in place of some of them.

[spinem]

Originally Posted by 87Bob

Serpentine belts ride on the pulleys, v belts ride down in the pulleys. = less rolling resistance.

okay, so that little groove is less than that of 7 contact points on the serp.?

take the surface area of the (V) and lay it out... (__) you should have almost the same surface contact area if not a little less with the v, so contact force theory is false.

Originally Posted by nechevy

You have one belt driving all the accessories vs 1 per accessory. Tension is also less on a serpentine with less drag on the mechanical force of the crank.

exactly my point, i have 2 belts, (vbelts) that go crank-alt/water, crank-pwrstr.
vs
crank-powerstrn,waterpump,alt,tensioner bering, roller bering, ac....so im confused, serp has to turn +2berings and ac... and v belt dose not.???
how dose adding mass and friction=more power?

even if it under drove all the accessories you could only gain a max of 3hp if even, and thats giving your not under-driving the alt.... under-driving the alt will actually cause more problems and loss in power.

plus serp belts are more $$$!!!

[joe231]

the serp set ups are just plain cool, automatic belt tension, can be had cheaply from the bone yard, much easier to swap the belt, and I have never had a problem with belt squeal or slipping. Over or under tightening a v-belt can cause a whole slew of issues

[qu1cks1lver56]

Originally Posted by joe231

the serp set ups are just plain cool, automatic belt tension, can be had cheaply from the bone yard, much easier to swap the belt, and I have never had a problem with belt squeal or slipping. Over or under tightening a v-belt can cause a whole slew of issues

x2

[bumslie75]

ya one of my belts always made noise i hated it made cheap and it dont help they way its looking right now I'm in an Auto-body class so my truck is all tore apart heres some pics of it now and some of a few trucks in class

[85 c-10]

If you want to you can make the tensioner pull in the opposite direction, ditch the A/C compressor, and move the alternator to the smog pump location. I did this on my Camaro years ago.

[bumslie75]

could i still use my ac cause it gets like 112 here in the summer

[85 c-10]

Well, you better leave the setup as it is then. You could mov ethe alternator still and re-route the belt, but it might be work work than benefit.

Josh