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Title: supercharger belt setup Post by: Ed on May 22, 2008, 08:30:17 AM 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 Title: Re: supercharger belt setup Post by: FC427 on May 22, 2008, 09:08:52 AM 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.......
Title: Re: supercharger belt setup Post by: Ed on May 22, 2008, 09:45:25 AM Thanks Mark,
very helpful info. Cheers Ed Title: Re: supercharger belt setup Post by: ratbox on May 22, 2008, 07:25:21 PM i think in V8 commodores it runs on the same belt
Title: Re: supercharger belt setup Post by: NO NAME on May 22, 2008, 09:49:18 PM 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.
Title: Re: supercharger belt setup Post by: Ed on May 23, 2008, 08:00:51 AM 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 |