I had to cut my power steering and ac belts once to change my alternator/waterpump belt when I was in a jam once, stuck in a rest stop - (the PO owner had the water pump changed at Pep Boys and the part for the belt was put in backwards - I drove it across country like this until it finally shredded in Oceanside California on the freeway - battery light came on - then the water temp red LED light went on - and I came to a stop on the side of the freeway..... --- luckily I had several gallons of water I had bought recently waiting for this event under the rear seat [just got lucky that I had them]) Anyway, I do remember having more punch off the line with just those two belts not in place - thing is I wasn't really thinking about it so I failed to make the connection - it wasn't so bad driving without the power steering...
>From: CHRIS STANN <cstann@home.com> > > > Well then... couldn't you just cut the belt for the powersteering, and >maybe > > also the ac belt (if the ac is not running is the belt still reducing > > power???), and see an immediate increase in power???? And would fuel >mileage > > also be increased??? Anyone want to dyno that? > > > >Why don't you cut the water pump belt as well. Heck, that's almost two >horsepower! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. |
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