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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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Default 12 rib vs 8 rib belt

Thought I would make myself a little vid so I could see what the new belt setup was doing. I made the 8 rib vid last year and just spliced them together. Looks like there is less tensioner travel/belt stretch with the 12 rib. Both belts were revved to around 5500 RPM.

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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:02 PM
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nice video,do you think on a single magnacharger it would make the same difference from 6 rib to 8 rib?
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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Makes sense to me. Harder to stretch the wider belt. I'm guessing the 12 groove pulleys are one-off, but how did you source the belt?
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by montecarloss
nice video,do you think on a single magnacharger it would make the same difference from 6 rib to 8 rib?
That's what I was thinking. There are enough of these setups out there. Need to find a 6 rib install and a 8 rib install that are using the same tensioner.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
Makes sense to me. Harder to stretch the wider belt. I'm guessing the 12 groove pulleys are one-off, but how did you source the belt?
Pulleys were fabricated by Rick at Trick Performance. So far the belt has not budged on the pulleys. Belt was a standard catalogue belt - just looked up what was available prior to having the pulleys fabricated.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Rick is the man.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 06:53 AM
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holy belt stretch batman! That 8 rib setup almost rubbed its self to death! That twin setup is just insane!
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