Woke up early this morning and started on the car.
Comparison of the power steering belts... slightly smaller than OEM
wow - look at the difference between the two pulleys. BIG weight difference also.
my naked engine with the pulley off
front oil seal pulled off... it was leaking a little oil there.
and finally... after everything is back in one piece!
It was a fairly painless process - took me about 15 mins to pull off the belts, another 15 to get the crank pulley off using a pulley puller and removing the front oil seal, another 30 mins to take pictures
, and about 30 mins to re-install everything. The main thing is to replace your front oil seal when you have the pulley off! My car is a 97 and the front seal was already leaking!After it was all done, I took it for a test drive and although I couldn't really tell if the 5-8hp extra horses was there (because I had a passenger who wanted to see how the car was like), I could definitely tell the engine wants to rev more!
I'll take it down the freeway tonight and see how it goes...
