Whats up guys? Back in august when i put a motor in my car, I punctured my ac condenser and it gave me the excuse to remove it. Ive pulled everything except the pump cause I dont know which size belt to use to power only the power steering. Has anyone done the AC removal and kept the power steering and what was the part # or specifications of the belt you used? BTW, I do have an underdrive pulley. I would go to the local shop but they were pretty resistant to the idea of allowing me to try fitting the belts to my car to find the right one. Anyways, thank you for any help.

 

You just need one the same width then take a string and wrap it around both pulleys to get the length you need. This is what I did worked out just fine

 

Do some searches on here. There is a NAPA belt that fits perfectly.

 

Just did mine a few months ago, NAPA part number 060569, it's actually a serpintine belt for an M3 but it works

 

Wow, thank you guys, all great suggestions. Ill check it out. Cant believe i didnt think of the string thing lol. Ill let you all know which one i end up getting.

 

noob lol jk i could of told u that

 

shutup link. Ill sic an ozboyee/mitsulancer orgy on you lol.

 

i used a goodyear 4050429 i think. i know its a 42.9" belt. the number you have listed there seems like its the length of the stock belt with the ac compressor still there, because stock length is 56.9 inches long.


josh

 

Any noticeable difference when the a/c was removed?

 

No but it's one less thing the crank has to rotate. You don't gain horsepower from this.

 

Didn't figure you would. But on some older cars you sometimes could notice increased throttle response.

 

Stock length is definitely NOT 56.9
Its more like 72 or something with AC.
There's no way in hell you can fit a 42.9
In fact, I can't even fit the 56.9
STM says that the 56.9 is the shorter option for Evos w/o AC and that the longer option is 57.8 which is what I had to use.
I couldn't even fit a 57.5 so idk how tf anyone fits the 56.9 LoL

 

looking to do as delete on my 03 , I just don't have access to the link with the belt I need lmao