krazy (sbc) serpentine belt question???????

[40 chevy shawty]

I was wondering in how Long would my serpentine belt would Last

if I use the belt tensioner wheel, as a pulley?


I know the pulley doesnt have grooves, but ive seen it done.

[robot]

Why? you can buy a dead pulley from GM....the smooth tensioner is designed to run on the back side of the belt...as you probably already know.

[rspears]

That's shown on your water pump, right? My concern would be the loss of driving friction - the mating grooves give about 2x or more surface area, and with a smooth tensioner type pulley you're going to be using about 1/10th of the belt surface, just riding the tips of the grooves on the smooth pulley. I would find a grooved pulley.

[40 chevy shawty]

Why? you can buy a dead pulley from GM....the smooth tensioner is designed to run on the back side of the belt...as you probably already know.

where does it bolt to?

I cant find any info on the web about a/c delete pulley 84 crossfire--tbi

the tensioner shown above^^^^^^^ is in the factory spot

[robot]

you can find the A/C delete pulleys in the GMPP catalog...the bracket may
not fit a cuss fire but the pulley should if you fabricate the bracket.

[40 chevy shawty]

I found acouple of video's of people using the belt tensioner as a pulley. Here is one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqZynF03Mg