Recent content by frosty_the_punk

Nice one. Is there a build thread on here? I had a look around I can't seem to find one. Would love to see/know more about it. should be a real beast with big-block-like torque output.

You may be right. The alternator gets about 90 degrees of belt wrap. The power steering pump gets a little less, but it's a much larger pulley, so contact area is probably more. I'll take the gamble. If they slip and squeal terribly I'll come up with a more complex serpentine setup later. Also...

That's super cool. What are you changing? It looks quite well sorted. 6 rib should be fine for those pulleys, that m112 blower is capable of a lot more if you ever choose to spin it harder though. Since you were asking about snouts a few posts back, the closest thing I know of to a snout of...

HARROP | Engineering, Superchargers, Brakes, Driveline, Engine, 4WD, Cooling Some excellent belt/pulley tech. They explain it way better than I ever could.

6 Rib will have a lot more parts availability and belt lengths. But may slip under lots of load at high rpm. What size is the magnuson blower and what size pulleys are you running? The bigger you can run both (crankshaft and blower) pulleys the better, it essentially increases surface area and...

Also I took a pic of the tensioner mounting hub to show how it can be clocked for setting up the desired angle and preload. You can see that each number consecutively moves the tensioner alignment a few degrees counter clockwise.

I think this may be my final mock-up in plywood before starting to fab things out of steel and aluminium. It's not pretty, but with any luck it can all work and be reliable.

Correct. The part number for the tensioner is 89440 and it'a a Dayco. The tensioner came with a flat pulley for a 12 rib which was *HUGE* and ridiculously heavy. I swapped it for a 10 rib double-bearing idler from a Volvo truck that I got off ebay for cheap. But it seems that any of the 10 rib...

In that photo the tensioner is both misaligned and also I'm using a belt that is a few inches too long, making the arm rest at almost full extension. It was just a mock-up, though. I have since raised the tensioner higher to allow more room in that area for the accessories. a lot of it's...

04-07 sounds about right. Haven't tig welded the snout yet, I have thought about JB weld too but haven't looked at it closely. If it has to be tig welded I'll get someone who can tig a lot better than me so it can look pretty and not leak oil everywhere.. As for adding a spacer, I know Cobra...

Cheers man, I need to update this with some progress. There's been a lot of trial and error with getting the accessory drive to fit in an early valiant. The M90 grand prix snout is one I purchased off ebay, so I don't have the exact details. I think they said it's from an early-mid 2000's car...

So this weekend gone I had an interesting conversation with someone about stud girdles and block limits. The owner of this car. I recognized it at a swap meet in my little town far from the city, and spoke to him briefly. (Note: all of the info in these links is pretty old) TURBO V8 CHRYSLER...

Sorry guys, not a whole lot of noteworthy progress for show and tell. It's still all happening, but other projects plus work commitments have taken priority. I tend to pick away at this in between other things so progress is pretty slow. I've collected most of the EFI parts. Which adds up in...

Cheap ebay turbos are a relatively recent thing. How long would you estimate that they have been tuning? Did the guys you're talking about give any indication of what specifically the engine wanted which was different? I am interested to know specifics because what you're telling me doesn't...

Bakerlite do you have an IT background? This kind of "if/then" riddle has dev written all over it. (Also, lead69 he wasn't referring to you but is now messing with you for assuming)