1984 P30 454 Shredding Alternator Belt
As some of you may recall, I put a GM Performance crate 454 in my Allegro (I bought the rig with a blown engine). I swapped over the brackets and pulleys from the blown engine to the "new" engine. The...
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Bugman114 wrote:
EDIT: I went back and saw the pictures of your pulleys, and they look very rusty and rough. They looked even worse then my old ones.
Thanks for the info and pics.
Yes, they were pretty rusty. The rust didn't seem to be an issue until they started slipping. Then they shredded immediately. So far I've gotten almost 500 miles on the same 2 belts. Edges are a little frayed but not terrible. But like I said, the alternator belt needs tightened every trip out. Like someone else mentioned, without the smog pump that's a very long run from the crank to the alternator.
I'll look into replacing the pulleys but I'm definitely going to get a "mid mount" bracket for the alternator.
