John D. Power wrap question

[3.4grapeofwrath]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

What type/brand of pump do you have?

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

I thought about using an inline pump but never did it. I was also looking into a reverse flow set up to cool the heads first.
http://www.prpracingproducts.com/pro...ter+Pumps.html

Thats is quite the idea, intrieging...

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Just a little update, I've got my new bracket in place as well as the stock water pump. Just waiting on the water pump pully itself. Should be here soon.
Working on getting pics up.

[ssms5411]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Good to hear.

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Got my pulley on friday. Did some checking on the "squareness" of the blower to to block itself. came to realize it was not 100%. This could have very well been causing poor belt/pully contact. Did a whole lot of measuring and now have washers in place to square it up. My only problem is now the blower pulley is set foreward from the rest of the other pullys. My soulution to that will be installing spacers behind the blower pully to line it all up. Those should get here somtime this week.

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Finaly had the time to cross cut my blower pully today. It came out looking pretty good. Will try and post some pics when i get home. It has eight evenly spaced 1/8 wide x 1/8 deep grooves in it, should grip pretty well. gonna get a new belt and i will be set.

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

OMG! Holy crap did it work. Was able to pull 5lbs before backing off to avoid catostrophic engine damage. When the car is fully tuned I would think I would see about 7lbs, or at least I would hope since I cant romp on it until then. The new belt routing deffinitly did it's job. But im sure the cross cuts I machined into my pully helped a lot to. I also bout a new Gates serpentine belt. Much better!

[97rs4life]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

:) Good to hear you are enjoying the blower

[Pewter02Camaro]

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Ya, I'm super excited. I just wish it was tuned so i could really get on it without leaning out. Oh well, don't know if i will get it tuned now or wait till spring.

[97rs4life]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Ya, I'm super excited. I just wish it was tuned so i could really get on it without leaning out. Oh well, don't know if i will get it tuned now or wait till spring.

get it tuned NOW, lol.

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

get it tuned NOW, lol.

The Camaro has pretty much become a summer car for me, would it cause any issues tuning it in the cold chicago winter? Or am i ok to go ahead and do it now instead of waiting till summer?

[pace2006]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

And get some pics of the bracket you made.

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

And get some pics of the bracket you made.

I should be able to do that, will have to remove the blower posibly thoug to get a good shot. It replaces the lowest most standoff. instead of coming straight out it looks like a big "U" right next to the filter adapter. The belt then goes from the top of the water pump pully right to the bottem of the ac pully. without the bracket the old standoff would interfere with the new routing. the "U" shape allows the belt to pass unhinderd.

I'm just glad all the time spent fabricating worked out.

[Bird_Of_Prey]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

The Camaro has pretty much become a summer car for me, would it cause any issues tuning it in the cold chicago winter? Or am i ok to go ahead and do it now instead of waiting till summer?

Shouldn't make a damned bit of difference, unless you installed a carb. You didn't install a carb, did you?

[Pewter02Camaro]

Re: John D. Power wrap question

Shouldn't make a damned bit of difference, unless you installed a carb. You didn't install a carb, did you?

As cool as that would be.... no, no i didn't.