Re: Re: RE: more MPG was: Dak MPG

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 00:32:33 EDT


As Carlin said "same hair I always had, I'm just wearing it in a new
location." The underdrive pulleys don't "make" power, they just
relocate it from the accessories to the driveshaft. Which is, of
course, where we like our power.

Jon Smith wrote:
>
> Big pulley attached to the crankshaft, powers all the belt-driven
> accessories on the motor; i.e. alternator, water pump, A/C, power steering
> pump.. underdriving it slows these accessories thereby reducing parasitic
> drag on the motor, which in turn "makes" more power
>
> Jon Smith
>
> > Hi,
> > What is a Crank Pulley?
> > Gery
> > 1997 4x4 318
> >
> >

-- 
-andy

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