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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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what is the best setup for pulleys(under vs. overdrive) that will give me the most power with the least problems
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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there is a great debate, at least with sti's, that crank pulleys are harmonic balancers. Placing a non harmonic balanced pulley could and will slowly vibrate and destroy your engine. Unfortunately most have not been running pulleys for more than 100k so no one really knows. Underdriven is best for power, but seems to mess things up. OEM sized pulleys are just lighter weight.
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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Default People also warn against lightened flys with lightweight pulleys.

and I think you lose torque with pulleys.

but im not sure
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Default torque loss

again, i do not know too much about audi's yet.. but on sti's a lightened OEM size pulley makes the car rev faster, thus better for luanches and downshifting/revmatching. Please say it runs through the gears easier and also saying torque has INCREASED.

Reason for no light fly and no light pulley is that too much mass reduced makes launching hard. as is, drag cars do not have a lightened fly, you bog too easily.
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