stevebez

Been wondering if its possible to fit an outer ring to the existing stock crank pulley.

Now kleeman and co remove the existing ring and fit a new one ...

How about bolting a new outer ring over the the existing ring ... similar to how the ends of a con rod bolts on. So you effectively have two semi circles of a ring clamping onto the existing 100% unmmodded stock crank pulley.

This will allow much more quick install removal and toying with different size add ons.

I assume the bolts to clamp will be internal type allen key nuts which will have suffcient clearance not to interfere with the belt grooves.

Any thots ? Am I nuts ?

Vadim @ FD

No, you are not nuts!

Kleemann used to sell clamp on ring on their 2.3L Kompressor engine. There were some issues and they discontinued that design.

I do not think that would work on AMG kompressors. If they were problems with clamp on ring spinning 1L kompressor on 2.3L, it will definitely be a problem spinning 2.3L kompressor on 5.5L engine.

4npower

what i don't understand, is that these cars have been out for years and the cheapest pulley we can get is $800 to get what 2-3psi. the ford guys can get a complete interchangeable pulley system like the one here http://lightningforceperformance.com...roducts_id=527 and you can choose what pound pulley you want from 2-8psi. when i had my 03' cobra and lightning, i could swap out pulleys at the track in less then 20 minutes and gain how ever many psi i chose.
also why can't we just get rid of the clutch assembly on the blower and put a standard smaller, non-clutch operated, pulley on it. i know the clutch assembly gets us better gas mileage, but who the f**k cares if we get 12 mpg. of course the trade off would be that with a smaller blower pulley, it would slip more but that is a easy fix.
just thinking.........