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As you know that belt slippage is a common problem for all SC. The smaller you go on a pulley the more likely your belt will slip.
Well we've come a long way in solving that problem. We never eliminated the problem of belt slippage though, we've only minimized it.
With the idea that JohnD came up with the belt routing and 98Greenglow's idea of grooved pulley, we have minimized it tremendously. But in order make it effective, we do have to tighten up the belt. And that causes lateral stress on pulley accessories, esp. the A/C.
Well way before JohnD and Greenglow, I did came up with the idea of using a double sided ribbed serpentine belt that the LT1 1993 Corvette uses. But the problem is, it is too small. A Little smaller than our stock belt. I've called numerous companies and ask if they could fabricate double sided belt for us that's 103"-104" in length. The Corvette one is 88" I believe. But no one is willing to do. Unless if it could be mass produce by the hundreds.
I've been drawing schematics and everything and trying to see I could make the Corvette one work. I came up with something,and I'm not sure if it'll work. Let see what you guys think.
We have a total of 7 pullies that our belt goes through. First we must take into consideration that the crank spins at a clockwise motion and the SC at a counterclockwise. We must keep that in mind.
1. With my schematics, I have eliminated 3 pullies from the 7: Idler, Power Steering, and AC (I know you guys are probably going to say something but let's think about this for a moment.)
2. Now with those 3 pullies gone, the Corvette dbl sided belt will go right in.
3. The belt route this way (visualize it going clockwise): Crank->Supercharger->Tensioner->Alternator->Water Pump->back to Crank.
a. We can also Fabricated a pulley to make the belt wrap more on the SC. How? Take the Idler and make a stud bolt and extension and attach that to the bracket. Machine shops can easily do this. If not, the wrap around the SC would be 45%. Which is not bad but not good either.
4. Eventhough this would work with the Corvette belt, there is a problem. The Water Pump...-it has 2 problems: it needs to be grooved and it needs to spin clockwise instead of counter. That may not be possible.
Now if we do make this work, slippage would be non-existant. Why, because PD spins alot more easily than ATI or Vortech or any SC out there.
Again this is just an idea that I'm throwing in. The current setup is good and I'm please with it but I just want to see if we could make it even better.
Ok, now let's hear the feedback. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Well we've come a long way in solving that problem. We never eliminated the problem of belt slippage though, we've only minimized it.
With the idea that JohnD came up with the belt routing and 98Greenglow's idea of grooved pulley, we have minimized it tremendously. But in order make it effective, we do have to tighten up the belt. And that causes lateral stress on pulley accessories, esp. the A/C.
Well way before JohnD and Greenglow, I did came up with the idea of using a double sided ribbed serpentine belt that the LT1 1993 Corvette uses. But the problem is, it is too small. A Little smaller than our stock belt. I've called numerous companies and ask if they could fabricate double sided belt for us that's 103"-104" in length. The Corvette one is 88" I believe. But no one is willing to do. Unless if it could be mass produce by the hundreds.
I've been drawing schematics and everything and trying to see I could make the Corvette one work. I came up with something,and I'm not sure if it'll work. Let see what you guys think.
We have a total of 7 pullies that our belt goes through. First we must take into consideration that the crank spins at a clockwise motion and the SC at a counterclockwise. We must keep that in mind.
1. With my schematics, I have eliminated 3 pullies from the 7: Idler, Power Steering, and AC (I know you guys are probably going to say something but let's think about this for a moment.)
2. Now with those 3 pullies gone, the Corvette dbl sided belt will go right in.
3. The belt route this way (visualize it going clockwise): Crank->Supercharger->Tensioner->Alternator->Water Pump->back to Crank.
a. We can also Fabricated a pulley to make the belt wrap more on the SC. How? Take the Idler and make a stud bolt and extension and attach that to the bracket. Machine shops can easily do this. If not, the wrap around the SC would be 45%. Which is not bad but not good either.
4. Eventhough this would work with the Corvette belt, there is a problem. The Water Pump...-it has 2 problems: it needs to be grooved and it needs to spin clockwise instead of counter. That may not be possible.
Now if we do make this work, slippage would be non-existant. Why, because PD spins alot more easily than ATI or Vortech or any SC out there.
Again this is just an idea that I'm throwing in. The current setup is good and I'm please with it but I just want to see if we could make it even better.
Ok, now let's hear the feedback. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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