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Old 03-27-2011, 11:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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So what does a crank pulley do and does it add Any hp gains?
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Lighter pulleys help in the unsprung weight on the crank and therefore giving you a small hp gain. There are two types Just a Lighter pulley or A Lighter Undersized pulley with a matching Alternator pulley in which you would also need a smaller belt. NST? Sells this version as a set and also Stillen? Sells the Lighter and Undersized type. You need to decide if its worth the expense and what type would work for you? I've been using the NST lighter undersized type with no problems and I did notice a slight off idle difference.


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Thanks Triple, on NST site, they say it gains about 7-10 HP ??
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Seems like the threads I've seen, people were getting less than 4 (iirc)
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4 is a more realistic number...not 7- 10
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you gain hp by spinning the accessories at a slower rate due to the undersized pulley.
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If anything, the biggest reason to install a light weight pulley is to increase engine response as it has less rotating mass to spin up which lets it rev up and down more quickly as well as respond more quickly to throttle input.
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installed a lightwheight standard size stillen crank pulley last year,definitely revs up quicker,if you can install these pulleys yourself i recommend them
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Lighter pulleys help in the unsprung weight on the crank and therefore giving you a small hp gain. There are two types Just a Lighter pulley or A Lighter Undersized pulley with a matching Alternator pulley in which you would also need a smaller belt. NST? Sells this version as a set and also Stillen? Sells the Lighter and Undersized type. You need to decide if its worth the expense and what type would work for you? I've been using the NST lighter undersized type with no problems and I did notice a slight off idle difference.


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If anything, the biggest reason to install a light weight pulley is to increase engine response as it has less rotating mass to spin up which lets it rev up and down more quickly as well as respond more quickly to throttle input.
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Lighter pulleys help in the unsprung weight on the crank and therefore giving you a small hp gain. There are two types Just a Lighter pulley or A Lighter Undersized pulley with a matching Alternator pulley in which you would also need a smaller belt. NST? Sells this version as a set and also Stillen? Sells the Lighter and Undersized type. You need to decide if its worth the expense and what type would work for you? I've been using the NST lighter undersized type with no problems and I did notice a slight off idle difference.
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A lightweight crank pulley reduces the rotating mass, but that is not the same as unsprung weight. Much of the unsprung weight also happens to be a rotating mass (wheels/tires/brakes), but the difference is that unpsrung weight also affects handling by changing the inertia that your springs must overcome to keep your tires stuck to the pavement.

But yeah the other advantage of an underdriven crank pulley is that your belt driven accessories(Power steering, A/C, Alternator) sap less power from your engine, at the cost of slightly reduced performance of said accessories.

The NST kit includes an overdriven alternator pulley, so that the net effect of overdrive + underdrive = normally driven alternator, so only the power steering and A/C would be underdriven.

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just a little point to throw in here is that we've had problems with our bmw customers and a decent amount of others that have broken bearings inside the motor as well lost their motors because they've used different crank pulleys

the rotating assembly is balanced from factory with the stock front pulley so by changing it you essentially "unbalance" the motor...not to sure how this effects the 370s motor because in some cars this doesnt cause any issues for the most part

but just something to keep in mind...
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^I've heard about that on some cars too, that's why I would probably go for a lighter flywheel which nets the same results and has no effect on the engine internals.
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what about the long term negative effects of pulley's??? Im worried about putting a pulley on because the engine only has 1500 miles on it. Do you think their long term issues with pulleys?
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just a little point to throw in here is that we've had problems with our bmw customers and a decent amount of others that have broken bearings inside the motor as well lost their motors because they've used different crank pulleys

the rotating assembly is balanced from factory with the stock front pulley so by changing it you essentially "unbalance" the motor...not to sure how this effects the 370s motor because in some cars this doesnt cause any issues for the most part

but just something to keep in mind...
What sort of bmw engines? From what I've heard and read, harmonics play a more important role the longer the crank is. If they were I6 that's a big difference from V6.

I'm still curious what the harmonic frequencies of a given crank would be and how those are determined. The hope is that the frequency is high enough for our motors that it's only an issue at a rpm higher than we are using (10k or something)
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