[Build Thread] -- Journey to 700+ WHP [Supercharger]

[redondoaveb]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

Okay.

So what I'm getting from this information is:
Total area the belt surrounds with your current setup of:
- 3.47 Jackshaft SC sided pulley
- 3.00 Direct SC Blower pulley
- 2.50 SC Idler pulley
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Total: 8.97" inches of area that the pulleys are using up from the belt and it seems to work fine.

Then you said if you changed the 3.0" down to a 2.85" Direct SC Blower pulley, to compensate for the loss in size, you have to change another pulley and that pulley of choice would be your idler size -- and to upgrade it in size at that which you said a 3.00" idler pulley would do it.

This would give you a total of 9.32" inches of area that the pulleys would use up as opposed to your previous setup of 8.97".

I assume the idler pulley could be adjusted to compensate for the difference of .35" of area between the two setups?

Yes, the Stillen bracket has a tension adjuster for the idler pulley.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Yes, the Stillen bracket has a tension adjuster for the idler pulley.

Okay cool I thought it did just wanted to make sure.

That makes it all the more easier for us instead of finding exact sizes to compensate for pulley sizes lol.

Thank goodness for whoever invented self tensioners for the serp side main belt and the SC belt lol

[redondoaveb]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

Okay cool I thought it did just wanted to make sure.

That makes it all the more easier for us instead of finding exact sizes to compensate for pulley sizes lol.

Thank goodness for whoever invented self tensioners for the serp side main belt and the SC belt lol

The supercharger side is a manual tensioner, not a self tensioner.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by redondoaveb

The supercharger side is a manual tensioner, not a self tensioner.

Well still, haha.
We can still push it up rather than needing to buy a 2nd belt xD
That's what I'm grateful for!

[redondoaveb]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

Well still, haha.
We can still push it up rather than needing to buy a 2nd belt xD
That's what I'm grateful for!

Yep, easy as that.