So after seeing a few threads about belts slipping with the 3.33 paxton torque booster setup while having 3.73 gears, I started to research.
I looked around, and ordered the K060994HD 98" Gates green belt based on one of the threads here which is a little bit tighter than the Gates Green 100" belt that beefcake sends with the torque booster (if you opt for it).
I then started talking to someone and learned a few things.
The Gates "Heavy Duty" Green belts are actually just made to last a little longer than the black. They're also made up of a compound that provides less traction because it's stiffer than the black belt. I promptly canceled the order after I found this out.
That brings me to the Black belts, which is what I ordered and am going to try first. For $22.XX shipped from rockauto, it's worth the try. This part number is K060994, without the HD - meaning same length etc but it's the black instead of the green. It will provide a little more traction at the cost of wearing slightly faster.
But the real reason for this thread is that I also found out about Gates "Racing" belts, or the maximum-traction blue belts. At first I didn't find a size that would work on our car, but after PMing with someone else on here they said they found a 100" blue belt (which I do not currently have the part number to, will update when he responds with the part #). This made me look again, and I quickly found another belt that should work. K060975RB, a 97.5" blue belt. The specs read it's 97.54 inch effective length (inside diameter?), and 98.11 inch outside circumference" (outside diameter?).
This K060975RB 97.5" belt needless to say would be an even tighter squeeze than the K060994 as the outside diameter of the K060994 is 99.865".
IF the race belt would walk on to the pulley, is there any problem with running a belt that tight with the 3.33 pulley? Will it shock the crank when you let out of the gas or anything (I feel like I've heard of that somewhere before)? I ask because if this black belt slips a lot, I may buy this blue belt.
I'm also curious if anyone has ever even ran a blue belt before, and how long they typically last.
Thanks for reading, hope this helps someone.
I looked around, and ordered the K060994HD 98" Gates green belt based on one of the threads here which is a little bit tighter than the Gates Green 100" belt that beefcake sends with the torque booster (if you opt for it).
I then started talking to someone and learned a few things.
The Gates "Heavy Duty" Green belts are actually just made to last a little longer than the black. They're also made up of a compound that provides less traction because it's stiffer than the black belt. I promptly canceled the order after I found this out.
That brings me to the Black belts, which is what I ordered and am going to try first. For $22.XX shipped from rockauto, it's worth the try. This part number is K060994, without the HD - meaning same length etc but it's the black instead of the green. It will provide a little more traction at the cost of wearing slightly faster.
But the real reason for this thread is that I also found out about Gates "Racing" belts, or the maximum-traction blue belts. At first I didn't find a size that would work on our car, but after PMing with someone else on here they said they found a 100" blue belt (which I do not currently have the part number to, will update when he responds with the part #). This made me look again, and I quickly found another belt that should work. K060975RB, a 97.5" blue belt. The specs read it's 97.54 inch effective length (inside diameter?), and 98.11 inch outside circumference" (outside diameter?).
This K060975RB 97.5" belt needless to say would be an even tighter squeeze than the K060994 as the outside diameter of the K060994 is 99.865".
IF the race belt would walk on to the pulley, is there any problem with running a belt that tight with the 3.33 pulley? Will it shock the crank when you let out of the gas or anything (I feel like I've heard of that somewhere before)? I ask because if this black belt slips a lot, I may buy this blue belt.
I'm also curious if anyone has ever even ran a blue belt before, and how long they typically last.
Thanks for reading, hope this helps someone.
