99RegalGS Posted December 16, 2006 Report Posted December 16, 2006 FINALLY got my 3.5" pulley on last night. Man, I forgot how much of a pain the factory pulley is to break loose. Grrrrrrr! lol Turns out my belt is too long also. Not sure why really, unless the belt was too long to begin with. Kinda sucks though because the belt is slipping at WOT. Oh well, time to buy a new belt. Pics... Half way there... Pulley size difference. All back together. Whoops; belt's too long. (notice marks on tensioner) Proof to how hard it is to get the factory pulley off. Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 Nice! Now you gotta get a new belt and go have some fun testing it out with the good 'ol ass dyno! Quote
stevegasm Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 True.dat on the factory pulley, they're pressed on there good. I thought I was gonna break something when I removed mine... Quote
sl3196 Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 Hell my pulley came off pretty easy I thought. I just put a brand new stock size gates(napa) belt on when I swapped to my 3.4 and have had zero slip problems. Quote
digitaloutsider Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 Mine came off incredibly easy. 10 minutes from start to finish. Quote
Miko K Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 I got my first pulley out with a 3 jaw puller and it wasn't hard. I Installed the 3.25" WITHOUT any tools, I put it on the stove until it was smoking hot and it slipped right in by hand. And yes, the paint was gone . Stupid... Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 17, 2006 Author Report Posted December 17, 2006 Even with the slipping belt I can feel the difference. Mainly lowend, because the belt slips more at high rpm. I'm still getting a steady 9+ psi out of it though. lol I did go to Napa yesterday, right before they closed, and asked if they had any slightly shorter belts. Well they only had a 1" shorter belt, which I tried right at the store, and yeah, wayyy too short. I should have just got the stock belt, but by this point it was already 10 after and I didn't want to keep the guy there. So I just put the original belt back on for now. Quote
sl3196 Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 Just buy a stock belt sean. It's only a 3.5 lol. Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 17, 2006 Author Report Posted December 17, 2006 I will tomorrow. All the parts stores around here closed at 1pm today. (I had to work until 2) Quote
Miko K Posted December 18, 2006 Report Posted December 18, 2006 I think you should go with the MPS nest time, saves so much time for a pulley swap. And put a smaller pulley on that beast! I can't- 2.7" is the smallest that fits on the MP112 Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 18, 2006 Author Report Posted December 18, 2006 I got this pulley used from John99GTP for cheap. But seeing that it took so long for me to get a puller it may been a better idea for down the road. I got the 3.5 because I don't know how long it would take me to do more supporting mods. And WOW! I wish I could say I can't put a smaller pulley on my car. lol Quote
terryk2003 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Posted December 18, 2006 sweeet!...get a new belt and see how she feels! Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Posted December 19, 2006 Yay for the new belt! Saw a peak of 13psi tonight. Quote
stevegasm Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 nice! Damn you and your Regal with your digital boost gauge Quote
Nick1234 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 sweetness. Is it pulling much nicer? Quote
terryk2003 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Yay for the new belt! Saw a peak of 13psi tonight. thats a lil extreme...you may wanna make some exhaust work your next mod... Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Posted December 19, 2006 Yes it is pulling nicer now. And yes Terry, I know I need exhaust work. That's next in line!!! Quote
digitaloutsider Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Yay for the new belt! Saw a peak of 13psi tonight. thats a lil extreme...you may wanna make some exhaust work your next mod... You're boost stacking pretty bad. The highest I ever see is 11. Sounds like an intake and DP/U-bend delete is in order! Quote
Euro Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 x2! too bad you had to move OUT of IL, otherwise I'd say lets take a ride ........... Quote
terryk2003 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Yay for the new belt! Saw a peak of 13psi tonight. thats a lil extreme...you may wanna make some exhaust work your next mod... You're boost stacking pretty bad. The highest I ever see is 11. Sounds like an intake and DP/U-bend delete is in order! yeah...thats what i was getting @...i'm pulling about 10PSI @ WOT...it goes a lil higher once in a while, but i usually get KR when the boost goes over 10...IIRC, john is only getting like 8-10psi with his 3.25 pulley... Quote
john99gtp Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 yea, until i hit 5200rpm, then it starts climbing till it shifts around 13-14psi Sean, what belt did you get? What size? I noticed that some auto stores actually have the smaller then stock size listed as the belt to use, including autozone and advance, when I went in, I asked for a certain size, and he looked it up and he said it was the stock size.....go figure. about time you get that bitch on there, lol! Quote
99RegalGS Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Posted December 20, 2006 Sounds like an intake and DP/U-bend delete is in order! A better intake would make it worse!!!! John, I got the stock size belt from Napa. Expensive sucker too!! I don't know the actual length though. Quote
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