[V8] squealing serp belt oddity

[Ron Wainwright]

--- getur at optonline.net wrote:

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Wainwright 
> 
> > Oh man..this means I gotta change the crank pully
> on
> > George's car..
> > 
> > Ron
> > 
> > --- Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> > 
> > > Ah, maybe there's the rub. The 5 speed at
> highway
> > > speeds will turn 
> > > the motor at higher revs than the automatics,
> and so
> > > as not to 
> > > overdrive the accessories, has a smaller damper.
> 
> > > The 4.2, which (in 
> > > unmodified form) will not rev as freely/ high as
> the
> > > 3.6 automatic 
> > > gets the largest (overdrive, if you will)
> pulley.
> > > Hmm.
> > > 
> *************
> Finally catching up on the list and see this
> interesting thread.
> 
> Yes, Ron left the 4.2 crank pulley on and used the
> 3.6 manual accessory belt and there is no squeal
> from the belt. But, then I've only taken it out for
> runs of 10 to 20 miles on the weekends since the 4.2
> engine swap. (Had issues with the WOT sensor and one
> of the control arms is shot, so that's why the beast
> is still a hangar queen). A difference of
> approximately 1% in the belt circumference doesn't
> seem like it will have much of an impact on the
> accessory rotational speed.
> 
> George
> 
> 91 V8 mit non squealing 4.2
> 
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 Yeah, cause the last thing I/you would want to do is
re-open the front of that car again....anytime soon
that is! I'm still recuperating from that whole ordeal
;->

 Ron



       
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