supercharger belt setup

[Ed]

Hi guys,

Just thinking and need some advice.

when running a supercharger, are the sc belts placed on an additional pulley or can you run a serpentine belt which operates, water pump, alternator and the supercharger on one belt?

i'd love to stick a vortech style supercharger onto my ride but have limited space for extra pulleys.  A serpentine would work well as it wouldnt require much extra space, only the width of the belt versus a normal v belt.

Anybody offer any ideas, help advice?

Cheers

Ed

[FC427]

Hi Ed With my 6 cylinder set up I run a 5 rib belt I had a harmonic balancer with 5 ribs and a water pump pulley made  and used a VN Commodore alternator pulley and a F##d AU air conditioner compressor IT serpentine it's way around all these as well as the blower and two idler gears and has never thrown a belt or gave any problems I also had very limited room and had no other option but to drive the lot with one belt .......FC427.......

[Ed]

Thanks Mark,

very helpful info.

Cheers

Ed

[ratbox]

i think in V8 commodores it runs on the same belt

[NO NAME]

you can do it either way, serpantine gives you more radiator space and less parts but if the belt breaks you are stuck were if a seperate belt brakes you just drive home with no boost, serpantine also means you need to replace all the pulleys.

[Ed]

thanks for the info ratbox.
Leon,
You're right if the belt breaks you are in trouble, I guess it would mean having a spare handy.
a fan belt is no different really.
is your sc running off a separate belt?

Cheers

Ed