Hmm what does "New belts will need to be retightened after a couple of hundredmiles." mean? How do you "retighten them and does that mean you have to remove all that crap to get to the belt again?nurseryboy wrote:I know it's not a member write-up with pics or anything, but Stillen has the installation instructions here:
http://www.stillen.com/product...t.pdf
Looks pretty straight-forward. Getting mine installed this upcoming weekend!
That's for cars without a self-tensioning pulley system. You do not have to retighten these.. I thought those instructions were changed. Sorry for the confusion, I'll get the instructions changed ASAP.3ugene wrote:
Hmm what does "New belts will need to be retightened after a couple of hundredmiles." mean? How do you "retighten them and does that mean you have to remove all that crap to get to the belt again?
good looks mines shipped today hopefully get it installed whenever you do the write updangeris wrote:When I get it installed, I'll be there with a camera on hand taking pics of the process. I'll do a write up after wards for anyone wanting to do this install themselves
I'll be sure to post up comments/feedback. I shot an email to AndrewJ but never heard back form him and didn't want to miss out on the offer but you guys extend the offer anywaykyle@stillen wrote:OK guys, Josh just gave me some good news.
We know that some of you have been waiting to see member feedback before placing your orders so we have decided to extend the introductory special through the end of this month. Now, after that it will definitely go back up so jump on it and get your order in soon.
I got it installed at Stillen. I'm not sure how much of the top of my head because I got other work done to the car as well.Jose3.5 wrote:
Where did you go to install it and how much?
sure...would someone like to pay for it?mcheddadi wrote:anyone with 6mt 3.5 want to do a before and after dyno?
Got an email last night that my stuff will be here on Thursday! Freakin' awesome Talk about fast shipping!dangeris wrote:Ordered mine today! Hopefully it'll get here before next weekend
We always recommend installing a new belt with pulleys.. it's cheap insurance. These belts are Gates, very top quality, and you're already removing the belt, easy time to save yourself some labor on a belt change for normal maintenance. Email me if you have additional questions..crayzitalian3 wrote:hey josh or kyle, since i ordered the belt before this issue was cleared up, would i be able to return it or should i use to to do some exercises lol
That's actually an engine dyno.. what you're looking for is a chassis dyno.. such as the dynojet below. Drive the car on, lift (in the case of an external vs. in-ground dyno) and put on wheels, strap it down and it will measure the actual horsepower of the car.RobPaulson wrote:ordered weds.
arrived today.
installed sometime this week.
I would actually be pretty interested in getting it dyno'd, i googled dyno and my zip code and got this . . . anyone have any idea if this thing looks like the right machine? (isnt the car supposed to sit on top of it and work with the same idea as a treadmill?)
http://www.donscintoautomotive.net/dynoservice.htm
Keep in mind I was giving a review for the Lightweight Crank Pulley (For the 2.5) not the underdrive pulley which should have completely different gainslilojoj wrote:
alright im probably not getting this now. i think i'd rather save up for some eibachs. my car is flying
bump, for an answer to my question. ANYONE?felv8 wrote:Mine's gonna go on this coming weekend, but I was wondering if this mod also underdrives the AC compressor, in which case, could cause some inconvenience in the strong summer heat. ANy insight Kyle/Josh?
You shouldn't have any problems with this mod. Yes it under drives the AC pulley, but not by a lot. After I got it installed, I really didn't notice a difference in steering. There was definitely no lighting issues while the stereo is blasting high bass music. I would suspect that there will not be any issues with the AC either.felv8 wrote:Mine's gonna go on this coming weekend, but I was wondering if this mod also underdrives the AC compressor, in which case, could cause some inconvenience in the strong summer heat. ANy insight Kyle/Josh?