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Old 05-13-2011, 08:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 07aveoSVM View Post
Thanks, I would install a smaller alternator pulley as well so they are still matched. The goal of the underdrive pulley would be to minimize drain with no belt. A lighter smaller crankshaft pulley should take less energy to spin.
Smaller pulley = belt has to bend and unbend more to get around it = less efficient drive.
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