Honestly tim I know what you guys are saying but I'm sure most of you are aware of my super belt tensionor that I made a year or so ago. Without a doubt it was the tightest anyone has had that belt wrapped around that pulley and it didn't slip that much, still a little bit cause it always will but hardly NONE!.

I never really saw to much of a gain with HP or TRQ with my truck, I didn't really gain anything at the track at all. The response was out of this world though, you hit the gas and wham it would snap you harder then before. This was all done with my 4lb lower and 2lb upper and the rest of my crazy mods. The only problem with my design that I didn't ever get around to fixing what the daily driving tension with some give with a spring like the stock one, I didn't have it and the belt being super tight or somewhat lose on the blower with no flex was tearing my bearings in the snout up, so I got a gator back and put the stock tensionor back on and its running great for me. I honestly think what we need is just some bigger idler pulleys that would wrap the belt more. The metco kit is nice and all but I just don't care to add anymore stuff to the front of that motor, just to much you know but thats me.

 

posted by RTKILLA, "It won't increase any power, but I can tell you from my expereinces it will make the response on the truck a little better."

You haven't had any experience with a piece like this. Yours was completely different.


posted by NateTrun2, "RTKILLA... did you say that this setup will wear out your belts faster and possibly cause more harm to the blower? I remember you saying that you ran a similiar setup."

RTKILLA hasn't had any experience with this system, so he cannot say if it will cause the belt to wear more or cause harm to the blower.

This is what RTKILLA was running which caused him the problems.

posted by RTKILLA, "Well this saturday me and my buddy eddie started around 11:00am with the idea of makeing a custom belt tensionoir to get quicker and more boost. With lots of time and effort we finished makeing the tensionoir at about 11:00pm that night. 1/2 aluminum is a bitch to cut with a jig saw, trust me. But I can say the the final product is absolutley incredialbe and so much more resposive. It was kinda wet that night so I didn't really get a chance to jump on it at WOT with the belt really snug but it was allot tighter then stock and it took off like a bat out of hell from a 20mph roll. down shifted and just went!!! The disign was allot easier to do then we first anticipated, but I made about four trips to home depot to finally get the right length bolts.

As far as performace goes, I would say that I gained maybe a pound of boost at WOT, but its not the overal boost that this was made for. This mod will mainly just give you boost right when you want it. I've never seen my gauge move that fast in my life. Its just right there when you want it.

This mod does require a electric fan for more clearence and a few parts of a novi 2000 blower setup, to tighten it down. All of my stock pulley's except for the upper and lower blower pulleys are gone and off the truck. I used a much smaller 8 rib belt and one new pulley. You can ride around with the stock tension or crank it down to probably around 200 pounds of TRQ. Once this belt is tight, you can barely move it side to side on there. Its really relatively easy to make and not to expensive."

From what I understand RTKILLA tightened the belt down so there was too much tension , "Once this belt is tight, you can barely move it side to side on there." The Metco uses the factory tensioner.

 

well I can tell you this much guys, I tested many many different tensions with my setup.


I don't really want to fight about anything, but where's the dyno results. bench racing is for rice burners guys, we all know that by now.

 

I'm not trying to fight. All I want to make clear is the fact that you used tension which was tighter than stock. The Metco system uses the stock tension with greater belt contact area. If your belt slips you will lose power. So if your belt slips, and this product causes the belt not to slip, you will gain power.

 

Personally, I think down-force distribution is a bigger issue, and any mechanism that will more evenly distribute the force applied to the nose bearing of the blower is a good thing. An added benefit is the reduction of slippage, and if your running the smaller upper, you need all the help you can get.

 

I received the first two today and they're already sold but I had to open the box for a look see. My first impression is SAWEET! The rest of my order will be here soon.

Can you imagine how good one would look polished?