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Stock belt w/UD pulleys ?

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isearched, and couldnt find anything on this topic-

will stock belts go on Underdrives OK? or are longer/shorter ones suggested (serp/alt)?
 

legalize420

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JMD Engineering said:
isearched, and couldnt find anything on this topic-

will stock belts go on Underdrives OK? or are longer/shorter ones suggested (serp/alt)?
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mine use stock belt. im not sure if all aftermarket pulleys use the stock belt but it should say it in the description of the item.
 

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Underdrive pulleys should require a belt that's 2" shorter than stock.
 

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Mine uses the same length belt, or rather, it did. I don't have smog now, but with or without u/d pulleys, the belt size is same. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but don't underdrive pulleys work on this principle?:

The alternator and waterpump pulleys are larger, causing them to spin slower. The crank pulley is smaller, to make it spin faster. I heard that once, it makes sense. So the smaller crank pulley would make up for the larger other pulleys. Isn't that how they work?
 

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I had an old set of March race pullies on and used the stock belt.
 

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i also have march, they use stock belt
 

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Another March person!

March Power and Amp pulleys = Stock length belt.

But it was real close if I needed a shorter belt or not.
 

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I have the March HP pulleys and it said to use the 2" shorter belt.
 

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Another March person!

March Power and Amp pulleys = Stock length belt.

But it was real close if I needed a shorter belt or not.
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Hmmm...I had to run an 89.5" belt with my Power & Amp set...... (A/C, Power Steering, and smog pump still present).



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Hmmm...I had to run an 89.5" belt with my Power & Amp set...... (A/C, Power Steering, and smog pump still present).
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So happens I was able to use my stock belt and that's probably why there is no clear cut exact answer to what belt lenght you should use with just about any setup you running. On the tensioner it shows that I'm just about maxed out but I haven't ran into a problem "yet".

Yep......... A/C, Power Steering, Smog Pump etc.

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