1978 MALIBU "PROJECT TUMMY TUCK"
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kuruption109 said:
Nah i dont think so, i mean we tightened it like med tight not to tight not to loose..feel me, remember when u came over i had my doubts about it, i was highly concerned about the belt slipping off, i got something else planned..
Allen from maliburacing hit me up with a text and said he had a pulley serpatine setup off of 80 camaro or monte ss.. so we all good...
here the set up hes selling me, no time to go look at yard, busy busy busy
heres his set up, looks clean
Dave V said:
Well deal didnt go through, its ok, serpentine is what i would like to run...i will hit the yards...what kinda cars should i look for?
i have the gilmer belt drive on my car & that never happen to me my belt use to rub up against the alternator pulley lip a little to much an the belt started to wear down so i put a spacer behind the alternator pulley an that solved the problem.80ELCAMINOFLAKE said:ok guys we have some problems with this gilmer pilley set up... so at my bro in law shop today, i had an intake leak at the carb, so he re tapped that And no more gas smelling or no more are sucking air sounds... but the belt fell off when i was pullin out to test drive.. fell on da floor, so we tighten belt to spec and all was good, i get home to see that the belt was like 1" not 1" 1/2 n e more... i guess the belt grinds up on da alternator pulley and eats up the belt, that was the talk at the shop to put washer to move alternator out about 1/2 in to line it up, but the gilmer pulley set up pushes the belt to the rim of the alternator pulley so that it wont fall off... this is so confusing, i will try some washers, and get a new belt to see if it solve da problem, but i think thats why so many people dont use this set up becuase of that, this is for sb and bb engines, oh well i still have the stock pulleys to bring i back to stock, but man it looks so koo
everything lines up good.. chime in guys
tore da belt up!! haahha
dude that sucks about the belt setup. are the bearings good in your alternator? maybe its jamming up idk thats all i couls think of. but everything else looks really good. i love the rims and tires. what did you do to the headlights? did you tint them or did they come like that? thanks man
kuruption109 said:
Thanks big bro, But L.A.X Rated is shipping a set for me in da mail tomorrow...alt/water/crank 5 groove serpentine set up, i already got the belts today, so ready to go hen it gets here...good looking out both of ya'll :wink:
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