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Old 03-29-2004, 01:02 AM
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Hey everyone, i was thinking about getting some under drive pullies for my car. my dad says that itll screw up all the alternator and ac and other things it takes power away from bu ti dont think itll do that much harm. is it worth the power increase. what pulleys do you normally replace to gain the most power? thanks for the help
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:13 AM
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I just installed underdrive pulleys on my 88 GT. What a difference. I definately recomend them. I didnt really see any problems other than the idle bouncing a very small amount. And thats only at idle. I purchased a set of polished aluminum pulleys that included the alternator, water pump and crank. Thats what I would go with.. and you can keep the stock belt.. thats a big plus.
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:18 AM
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yea that sounds really good, what was the brand of pullies you got?
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:21 AM
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here is a link to the set i got. Check them out

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEBWN%3AIT
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:27 AM
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those look pretty sweet, and its worth 10-15 hp, but i saw some in a summit mag or something like that, that would give you 20 or so hp have you ever seen any with that much of a hp increase
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:31 AM
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Honestly.. I think they are all the same. Im not a dyno type person.. and I have no clue what my car is pushing hp wise.. I know when i bolted the pulleys on.. it made a world of difference. Exspecially in throttle response. Thats all that matters to me.
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:34 AM
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ok thanks for all your help, ill look into gettin some like yours, and hope it makes as big of a diffrence
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Old 03-29-2004, 03:20 AM
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Ya, you feel it pull a bit harder, worth it... I'd leave the alternatory pulley though, there about the same size but are a huge pain in the *** to switch out.
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March Pulleys are the best from what I have heard so far....Installing a set on the 5.0 sometime soon...
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Hey 95Mustang get some pulleys cant go wrong.But when you decide to put them on remember that the Altenater pulley you gonna need a air gun to probally get it off. It only takes about 45 minutes to do the job from start to finish if you have a air gun. If you dont have one just pull off the altenater and go to a local tire place or something and ask them to hit it for ya. About 5 bucks is all they might charge ya !So call them first .Good luck they are the best bang for the buck i think .I bought mine for about 79 bucks aluminum ones from herehttp://www.laurelmountainmustang.com/index-1024.htm good luck ! Stinger-->
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