Agreed. No estimate but if you said .5 seconds or .25 seconds. I would believe it. Even a little bit more.

ROAD/RACE

 

im wondering if this will make gas mileage better.

i read all 31 pages, and found my answer.

 

looks nice! goin pick one up 4 myself soon!

 

Dedication

We are going to need some cliff notes on this thread soon.

 

Yea really, so many comments.....haven't read one bad one tho. RRM

 

Man, you need to change your settings so you can see 100 posts per page

BTW - still loving mt pulley

 

Well, not to bust anybody's bubble, or say that the product is not good quality... I'm sure it is.

Just some things to think about when changing out our your pulley, or flywheel for that matter. The engine being able to rev up quicker (as with adding power) will cause it to wear faster. The main bearings may not be able to hold up to the load unless you are using a high performance oil (i.e. Full synthetic) that coats everything very well. You can, inadvertantly, shorten the life of your engine, or engine accessories, for negligable gains.

I know, I know... some of you are probably sitting there thinking: "oh well, he is just saying this to try to keep us from getting it" or whatever... not quite the case. You see, although I did not have a lightweight or underdrive crank pulley on my Suzuki, I did get a shorter belt to bypass the a/c compressor. So, this eliminates the possibility of it being a balance issue or anything like that... it was simply an issue of increased wear that caused the bearings to wear out.

I'm not saying no to get it, just simply that you need to make sure you are prepared, and that you take the best care of and use the best products on your car possible (as with all modding).

I am planning on ordering the pulley, and the lightened flywheel when I get the money, so I am by no means saying not to get them. BUT... I have been running Castrol Syntec Full Synthetic and a K&N Oil filter since I bought it from the dealership.

Also, I have read to many times people saying "gains"... I think a moderator should actually take the time to put quataion marks (",") around every instance of the word "gain" in ths thread. For the simple reason, as stated once or twice throughout all 32 pages, that you are not actually gaining anything... just using it more efficiently. All you are really doing is reducing the amount of resistance the engine has to revving up.

Just thought I would chime in and offer my words.

Also, ROCK, Mr. RRM... the comment about SDS was totally uncalled for. It is a totally unrelated issue, and it came across as you trying to bash on another company's product, in a thread that was already boasting how great your pulley was anyways. See where that is kind of disrespectful and childish?

But, in defense of the SDS, numbers don't have to be rediculously high... they just have to be in a useful range... Turbos are great for drag cars that will run in the top of the powerband most frequently. Superchargers are good for road racers, auto-x'ers, and daily drivers, that will be throughout the powerband in their normal routine.

Not trying to start a war, just letting it be known that there is too much BS (in the form of product bashing) going on that is not needed.

 

If your car makes more horsepower and torque than it did before, would'nt that be a "GAIN" in horsepower and torque?

 

I can sorta see what he's saying, the engines not necessarily making more power, but its getting to the ground more effectively. At least I think that's what he's saying.

 

Just received mine.. along with the solid motor mounts. Better quality than I thought for both products. I can't wait to get them installed. This should all go together well with the turbo.

 

Well when you say it like that it makes sense.

 

Which comment Never Satisfied? Seems like you were the only one that took it sooooo seriously. Why so sensitive?

ROAD/RACE

 

if i remember right i read somewhere that ROCK said himself that it doesn't make more power it just frees up a few more ponies to the wheels. Please tell me if i'm wrong but that was what I recall reading before i purchased the pulley.

 

Yes, I did mean that it only reduces the amount of power lost to driving other things. Which, in turn, allows more of what the engine is making to be used for the purpose we are after... acceleration and speed.

I wasn't saying that nobody has said that it doesn't make more power... I just waned to make sure a newer post was made clarifying what it actually does for you, so we don't have newbs and ricers thinking that it will make them the fastest Lancer in the world. And, although you may have read that somewhere from ROCK, I didn't see it in this thread. Might have been in another one though.

*EDIT* After reading this thread 3 times through... nowhere could I find that ROCK said that the pulley only frees up power, or anything along those lines. A few others did, but not him. *EDIT*



Not neccessarily sensitive ROCK, I just think there is too much product bashing on this site... and I didn't see the need for a statement that would hint at such, when the thread was already talking up one of your products. Just seems a bit like checking out the older sister while you are f**king your girlfriend... you know?

 

no, your right. ROCK did say it freed up the ponies that the stock crank pulley "robbed". I still plan on buying it, but he does make a good point