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wstar · 04-12-2013, 10:47 PM

Yeah, that's the same routing I was talking about, and have been testing (with the AC still on, just with the idlers out of the way). With my pulleys (NST+10 Alternator, Stillen-20 Crank), the 0500-series belt from Gates is waaaay too loose (like, not at all functional). And the 0480 was just impossibly short, unless I tried something like you mentioned with Spohn removing an idler to install the belt. There's marks on top of the tensioner to show the correction tension range, I think even if I forced the 0480 onto there somehow it'd be too tight on that gauge. 0490 has got to be close, or there's also an 0486 I think.

Edit: all my numbers above are Gates numbers, but I think they're roughly the same on length. I did try a random Dayco 0495 from Autozone at one point, and it was tighter than the gates 0500, but still way too loose to use.

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wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3594	Yeah, that's the same routing I was talking about, and have been testing (with the AC still on, just with the idlers out of the way). With my pulleys (NST+10 Alternator, Stillen-20 Crank), the 0500-series belt from Gates is waaaay too loose (like, not at all functional). And the 0480 was just impossibly short, unless I tried something like you mentioned with Spohn removing an idler to install the belt. There's marks on top of the tensioner to show the correction tension range, I think even if I forced the 0480 onto there somehow it'd be too tight on that gauge. 0490 has got to be close, or there's also an 0486 I think. Edit: all my numbers above are Gates numbers, but I think they're roughly the same on length. I did try a random Dayco 0495 from Autozone at one point, and it was tighter than the gates 0500, but still way too loose to use. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details Last edited by wstar; 04-12-2013 at 10:50 PM.