under drive pulley install

mark82nv

mark82nv

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i bought a set of under drive pulleys.
want to install them
what the hell is that thing in front of the camshaft pulley and can it be removed to install the other pulley?
 
there are no camshaft pulleys. if you dont know the difference between the cams and the crank you might not want to try to install underdrives yourself!!
in front of the CRANK pulley is a secondary smog pump valve, yes it can be removed, and yes you will HAVE to remove it to get the crank pulley off. have fun!!
 
cam shaft i cant believe i said that , i am very frustrated and i did know it was a crank pulley i must have cam shaft on my mind! sorry about that . thanks for the response and i will probably break a few things to get that stupid thing off there , but hey we got to break a few things to make our (mark) dont we> :)
 
i just put underdrives on my 98, i took off the three nuts that secure it to the frt cover, and carefully bent it up. Made enough room to get the pulley's on with no prob. then bent it back down. I dident think it was worth trying to get the air tubes off and end up breaking them. And just for your fyi i do feel a difference with the pulleys. obviously mid and top pull.
 
i have march underdrives on my 97, they make a huge difference, the crank spins way faster, my car climbs in rpm's super fast.
 
Ok excuse the retardedness in me right now, but if your car climbs in rpms faster, meaning it's going into it's next rear in a shorter period of time, that also means that it's not in it's power band very long...which would reduce acceleration due to loss in torque
 
i'll excuse your retardedness. whatever you just typed, means nothing if i cant take you for a ride. my motor spins faster, the roatating assembly will spin faster with underdrives. spinning faster means it accelerates faster, plus the gears and posi make it all come together.
 
im having a hell of a time with this stupid secondary smog crap got it loose got plate loose all hoses off and even got the line broke underneath it but i cant seem to get the line off the module itself , i will try gently bending it out of the way in the morning , this is not supposed to be this hard to do! and yes i have a pulley puller thing a ma bobber to hopefully take off the pulley .
 
mark82nv said:
im having a hell of a time with this stupid secondary smog crap got it loose got plate loose all hoses off and even got the line broke underneath it but i cant seem to get the line off the module itself , i will try gently bending it out of the way in the morning , this is not supposed to be this hard to do! and yes i have a pulley puller thing a ma bobber to hopefully take off the pulley .
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Want to borrow my hammer? :D
 
anybody have charging issues with underdrive pullys? i never got them because i didnt think the gain would be worth wasting a few alternators.
 
mark82nv said:
im having a hell of a time with this stupid secondary smog crap got it loose got plate loose all hoses off and even got the line broke underneath it but i cant seem to get the line off the module itself , i will try gently bending it out of the way in the morning , this is not supposed to be this hard to do! and yes i have a pulley puller thing a ma bobber to hopefully take off the pulley .
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I cut them off in front of the manifold with a pipe cutter spaced every thing accordingly with the bracket in front of the pulley and spliced it back together with hi-temp hose
 
jamie97lsc said:
there are no camshaft pulleys. if you dont know the difference between the cams and the crank you might not want to try to install underdrives yourself!!
in front of the CRANK pulley is a secondary smog pump valve, yes it can be removed, and yes you will HAVE to remove it to get the crank pulley off. have fun!!
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Any recommendations for getting that piece of :q:q:q:q off the car?

I gave up after running out of all the cuss words I knew and all the skin off one hands worth of knuckles.

That piece of crap ranks right up there with getting the goddam steering wheels off my two columns, which is the other part of the car I can't get the :q:q:q:q apart.

Lower strut bolts, piece of cake.

Tiny bolts and pressed on parts, im:q:q:q:qingpossible. :mad:
 
Sapperfire said:
Ok excuse the retardedness in me right now, but if your car climbs in rpms faster, meaning it's going into it's next rear in a shorter period of time, that also means that it's not in it's power band very long...which would reduce acceleration due to loss in torque
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Under drive pulleys reduce the drag on the motor by slowing down how fast the rest of the pulleys spin.
less drag = more HP.
 
Kstills said:
Any recommendations for getting that piece of :q:q:q:q off the car?

I gave up after running out of all the cuss words I knew and all the skin off one hands worth of knuckles.

That piece of crap ranks right up there with getting the goddam steering wheels off my two columns, which is the other part of the car I can't get the :q:q:q:q apart.

Lower strut bolts, piece of cake.

Tiny bolts and pressed on parts, im:q:q:q:qingpossible. :mad:
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The crank pulley?
 
ford nut said:
The crank pulley?
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No, that crappy little bowl that sits in front of the pulley.

I swear to God, everything on this car I think should be hard to do is a piece of cake, and all the easy looking stuff kicks my ass.

I might be a little frustrated atm....
 
sounds good im cutting this stupid thing off and repairing it with fuel line hose. then im going to have some skin graphed off my as s and repair my knuckles!
 
You should probably let the skin on your knuckles calise over since they drag the ground anyway
 
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