Ooops, that was a little prematurely sent.. I forgot to mention why I figure
I can stay that route if I put in the electric fan prolly change only the
water pump pulley and main pulley keeping the altenator larger to keep amps
up... or would this not make sence and just do the whole 3 pulley setup...?
leaving power steering alone..?
Bill Day
AIM BadManD73
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Durling" <jdurling@bellsouth.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: DML: Speaking of pullies and such...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> jon@dakota-truck.net
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:01 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Speaking of pullies and such...
>
>
> "Bill Day" <billday@consolidated.net> wrote:
> [...]
> : I was always told that about a 25HP gain for each pully the motor
> didnt have
> : to turn...?
> : Prolly B.S. but am truly curios as I planon removing the remainder of
> my A/C
> : this Monday or so..
> [/..]
>
>
> Yep, that's just a *tad* optomistic - sounds like "rice burner
> math" to me. ;-) If that were the case I'd be in the 13s easy!
> Just removing my serpentine belt would be good for 75hp!
>
> Seriously though, the underdrive manufacturers usually
> seem to list gains around 15hp or so. Realistically, a set
> of pullies is probably good for somewhere in the neighborhood
> of 5-10hp. A lot depends on what accessories you are turning
> now, their condition, the current power output of the engine,
> the size of the engine, etc.
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
> My understanding is the best gains with underdrive pullies are when you
> use an electric fan. I truly have no idea but several friends that drag
> race have claimed that. Seems to make sense.
>
> Jeff Durling
>
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