home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!know!mips2!news.bbn.com!noc.near.net!news.Brown.EDU!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!po.CWRU.Edu!aas7
- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Underdrive pullys - Any experiences?
- Message-ID: <1dv5loINNpop@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 02:59:04 GMT
- References: <15459@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <184241@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
- Lines: 26
- NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu
-
-
- In a previous article, tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett) says:
-
- >What the question we were discussing: Why do I see the same output
- >at idle or cruise power, and would an underdrive pulley set necessarily
- >create too little power to run the engine and charge a battery?
- >
- >We concluded only that the alternator was producing excess power at idle,
- >and so it was possible that an underdrive pulley set wouldn't be a problem.
-
- my thoughts..(just that..thoughts) in today's world of performanc minded
- economists, the pulleys are probably designed with just enuff margin to
- keep the things going until warentee is up..but i think that, probably,
- in most of the modern cars, the pulleys are NOT going to benefit, because,
- if they could, the manufactureres would already be using this little trick..
- or, while they may improve power, they might cause reliability problems..
- i do not see a simple pully change as beinga viable option on today's motor
- because, like i said, the manufacturers would already have the system on
- it's performance edge(or as close as the can get and keep them waranteed)
- of course, i've heard promotors..and antagonitsts...but..i guess it's up
- to you..but..this is my OPINION on the matter..
- DREW
- --
- ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- ?????????????????????????????????-----whatever!
-