grandprix104 Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 What is an under drive pulley?? Ive heard it mentioned alot lately and was wondering what it was and how it worked. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 It's a smaller pulley than what is on your car now. Usually it is the crank pulley but it can be any pulley. The smaller size lets the engine spin better creating more H.P. Quote
Robby1870 Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 yeah, the UD pulley you have been hearing about is for the crankshaft. go to http://www.fastfwdperformance.com and go to the UD pulleys to take a look Robby Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 Thanks for posting the link. I was going to but I think I'm still asleep. Quote
grandprix104 Posted May 27, 2003 Author Report Posted May 27, 2003 cool but wouldnt that reduce the cooling efficiency of your engine, power produced by the alternator, etc... ? Quote
Robby1870 Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 On the page about their UD pulleys for 2.8/3.1/3100, they ran the car with the stock pulley, with A/C on everything and measured like 13.85 Volts. Then same conditions with the UD pulley and got 13.75 Volts. There might be a *slight* drop in accessories, but not noticeable http://fastfwdperformance.com/udinfo.htm Robby Quote
Brian P Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 EH, when they measure and compare the volts in NYC traffic at 95 degrees and it's still only that small of a difference, let me know Quote
grandprix104 Posted May 27, 2003 Author Report Posted May 27, 2003 well i live in the desert where it is already been 118deg Farenheight and tops out at about 125-30 occasionally Still it sounds like a good idea. Why are they so expensive though?? thier a freaking wheel! Quote
Brian P Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 I was leaning more towards traffic conditions, with the engine running past operating temp, sitting at idle in drive for 45 minutes, not being able to drive over 5mph, with the AC running, headlights on, radio on...you know, the times when you need the car a lot more than it needs you Quote
Robby1870 Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 well i live in the desert where it is already been 118deg Farenheight and tops out at about 125-30 occasionally Still it sounds like a good idea. Why are they so expensive though?? thier a freaking wheel! Cuz theyre like aircraft aluminum or something super strong but super light Robby Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 Why don't you email them Brian and tell them to run that test. I'd like to see what happens too. Quote
AWeb80 Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 well i live in the desert where it is already been 118deg Farenheight and tops out at about 125-30 occasionally Still it sounds like a good idea. Why are they so expensive though?? thier a freaking wheel! Because 6060 aluminum is not cheap. Plus, i'm guessing they made those on a CNC lathe, and then maybe did some secondary work on a CNC Mill. I'm going to college right now for the same stuff. Those programs for CNC are time consuming and hard to write. I hope when i graduate, my job will let me do some personal work on the side. I'd love to make my own parts. Quote
Brian P Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 Why don't you email them Brian and tell them to run that test. I'd like to see what happens too. Cmon they're not going to...maybe they could send me one for a month and I could do a real world analysis, but I'm not laying out the cash for that. I need piston money Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 I'd love to make my own parts. When you get that set up, make some for me too. Quote
ismellrealbad Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 jesus my car already loves to climb to 220 sitting idling with no a/c on in 60* temps. that NY contiditon will probably make my car explode. Quote
Ouija Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 cool but wouldnt that reduce the cooling efficiency of your engine, power produced by the alternator, etc... ? ive had it for two weeks now , and i have no problems with my accessories ...even with the fans on almost all time because of the ffp chip Quote
Ouija Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 jesus my car already loves to climb to 220 sitting idling with no a/c on in 60* temps. that NY contiditon will probably make my car explode. get the ffp chip to make your fans come on earlier or put a switch in your car to turn the fans on /off Quote
ismellrealbad Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 chip for 3100=nonexistant, probably because u cant put one into the pcm. i am thinking of rigging a switch for the fans tho. i see no disadvantage to that Quote
Ouija Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 go there http://www.w-body.com/index2.html upgrades + manuel cooling fans Quote
phantomFE3 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Posted June 30, 2003 my dad programs CNC machines for a living, he can make anything, ill see if i can get him to make an underdrive pulley for me im pretty sure he can make one out of the right stuff, he has access to alot of different metals at his work, im not sure if he can get aircraft aluminum, but he can get some damn near close! Quote
grandprix104 Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Posted June 30, 2003 if hell make one see if hell make one for me too Quote
phantomFE3 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Posted June 30, 2003 if he can ill be sure to charge a few bucks less than FFP Quote
chronic139 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Posted June 30, 2003 you guys think $85 bucks is expensive? UNorthodox sells them for hundreds of dollars. Just not for our cars. Quote
grandprix104 Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Posted June 30, 2003 look i make about $300-400 per paycheck and have $3000 of car debt and college to pay for. $85 is very expensive to me. oh and i forgot, ive got a girlfriend too! Quote
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