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- From: jimv@hienergy.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Underdrive pullys - Any experiences?
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 14:23:09 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- In article <clogan.03op@redorc.chi.il.us> clogan@redorc.chi.il.us (Sigmond Freude) writes:
- >
- >Underdrive pulleys make a hella lot of difference. I have serpentine underdrive
- >pulleys that i put on my boss 302 ranger(yes i have a ranger with a 302 in it)
- >bit thats another story. Anyway underdrive pulleys will increase your horses
- >about 25-30. You will gain anywhere from .3 to .8 on a quarter mile too. so if
- >you are thinking of going with them go ahead!!
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- Huh? 25 to 30HP??? From where? Not from the alternator, if the battery is
- healthy it should be less than 1HP, not from the cooling system, not
- from the power steering, you got a 50KW generator up there or something?
- I can see *maybe* 5 or so HP at a cost of cooling and charging capacity, but
- not 25 to 30HP.
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