Belt question with no smog

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Belt question with no smog

Reply #15 – December 16, 2007, 01:03:20 AM

MAYHEM is correct but.........with or without underdrives, 79'' will work.

in my case I decided with a 77''. To make the 77 go on, i had to remove some of the aluminum on the tenioner housing where the little stop nipple prevents any further counter clockwise motion. In the meantime, a 79 will work but best to use 78. The 78 is what i would have found to be turn key but since i had no open store at the time, i decided to make the 77 work.

I just took the tenstioner off, hacksaw'd off some of the metal so the tensioner would continue to rotate about a half inch more CCW.
My belt is 77'' and looks great.

so,, things done to the 20th today are

-Short belt installed
-Air silencer removed (nearly impossible with cornering lamps:D )
-Oil/filter change
-trans fluid and filter change
WTF GUYS? I had to drop my stinking cross memeber to remove the pan.

-Catalytic gutted
ANOTHER WTF- my catalytic had this big ass weight haning on it. Its gotta be the stupidist ive ever seen. Anyone else here remove that big ass heavy weight?

Belt question with no smog

Reply #16 – December 17, 2007, 07:07:04 PM

I'll have to buy a 78" one and try it. Cheaper than buying a eliminator pulley :hick:

Belt question with no smog

Reply #17 – December 17, 2007, 07:25:41 PM

Ill betcha 78 is dead on. once you rotate the idler ccw and see what it is that stops you from going any further, you will see what part of the idler i hacksaw'd off. i took a small chunk of aluminum off which gave me more CCW motion. That equals a smaller belt.

let me know what you come up with though,, it would be nice to have this documented.

Belt question with no smog

Reply #18 – December 17, 2007, 07:35:35 PM

I'm going to try it in the next couple of weeks unless I get an air pump eliminator bracket for Christmas :hick:

Belt question with no smog

Reply #19 – December 17, 2007, 10:24:22 PM

this isnt going to help but heres my setup

Belt question with no smog

Reply #20 – December 17, 2007, 11:27:41 PM

Yeah I still have A/C

Belt question with no smog

Reply #21 – December 18, 2007, 12:39:20 PM

Quote from: jcassity;192979

WTF GUYS? I had to drop my stinking cross memeber to remove the pan.

Me too I had to do the same thing because that crossover pipe from the passenger side manifold doesnt give you enough room. Since I put in my H-pipe I've dropped it again and it was much much easier. Dual exhaust FTW. The part # on my belt is 25-060864 its routed just like Innes's except I still have power steering and AC. My best friend and I did the smog pump delete at the same time he got the part # from TCStangs for his, so I bought two of em and it didnt fit my car at all I had to buy 6 belts and then bring back the ones I didnt need.