12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
I try not to do anything that will have it down for a long time.
The next project will be serpentine pulleys, which won't be a direct bolt on. (does anything ever bolt on?) Besides getting the alignment correct, I need to have a trigger wheel on the crank for the EFI. The pulleys are aluminum and the trigger wheel needs to be a ferrous metal. I designed a flange to weld to the pulley and had a new trigger wheel cut to bolt to that flange. Sendcutsend.com did the laser cutting for me. I'll arrange the spacing exactly the same as my current setup, that way I don't have to mess with the sensor bracket. I don't have a TIG welder, nor have I ever welded aluminum. I do have a friend that can help me out with that. I may actually try to weld it myself with his machine once I have some practice on aluminum. I'm probably more excited about these pulleys than I should be. I'm just tired of constantly checking belt tension. Those v-belts just don't seem to like too many 7,000 RPM pulls.
I try not to do anything that will have it down for a long time.
The next project will be serpentine pulleys, which won't be a direct bolt on. (does anything ever bolt on?) Besides getting the alignment correct, I need to have a trigger wheel on the crank for the EFI. The pulleys are aluminum and the trigger wheel needs to be a ferrous metal. I designed a flange to weld to the pulley and had a new trigger wheel cut to bolt to that flange. Sendcutsend.com did the laser cutting for me. I'll arrange the spacing exactly the same as my current setup, that way I don't have to mess with the sensor bracket. I don't have a TIG welder, nor have I ever welded aluminum. I do have a friend that can help me out with that. I may actually try to weld it myself with his machine once I have some practice on aluminum. I'm probably more excited about these pulleys than I should be. I'm just tired of constantly checking belt tension. Those v-belts just don't seem to like too many 7,000 RPM pulls.
