Driving With Supercharge Installed With Belt Off..

99Blownstang said:

You can just get a different sized belt and bypass the charger. I'm not sure where exactly the charger itself mounts up at to know if its possible to bypass it. But easiest thing to be would keep it under vacuum like you said

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I would imagine that alternative belt routing would be tricky (if possible at all) once the head unit is in place. The user could run into both clearance issues where the pelt physically can't be rewrapped without contacting the unit, or another part of the front assembly. There's also the possibility of the new configuration requiring the supercharger to be part of the mix to maintain proper rotational direction of all the accessories. Taking that one pulley out of the might mean the belt could only be routed a certain way...and that way may not guarantee that your pater pump, or power steering pump is spinning the right direction.

That's one of the things that the old pre-'96 OHV blower set ups had over the Modular. OHV kits utilize one belt for the blower and one belt for everything else. That way, if you ever have a blower malfunction, or something of the like, it's as simple as removing the belt and driving away. Not so with most Modular kits. Your blower throws that belt on your '96-up 4.6L and you're walking.