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Decreasing belt slip with Carbinite coating on supercharger pulley?

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Old 05-06-2020, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Captahab84
Appreciate the feedback.

I’m about to install water/meth and drop down to 77 clutched..thinking about going with griptec and no belt wrap kit... maybe it will suffice? Thoughts?
I’d go with Griptec and no bwk...cheaper. BWK cost like $300???
Old 05-06-2020, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MSG 55G
I’d go with Griptec and no bwk...cheaper. BWK cost like $300???
Are you using a bwk with yours?
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Originally Posted by MSG 55G
I’d go with Griptec and no bwk...cheaper. BWK cost like $300???
Ya I hoping it will suffice the creative steel kits are like $260 with a New green Gates belt.

i can always add it at a later date
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Originally Posted by trabots
I have belt wrap kits for both of my SL55 and E55. I quickly saw the location of the extra idler pulley could be moved to give even more contact area. This is a 74mm pulley with no slippage, The apparent dust was from a quick filing of the of the stud heads on the remainder of the clutch to stop a 'ticking' from a slight interference with the idler pulley. Also choosing a belt which is very hard to get on will leave the adjuster closer to maximum tension.

What size belt did you use?
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The belt size will depend on how much you move the belt wrap pulley up and over. I tried a couple and used the one which was very hard to get on.
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