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Old 03-15-2012, 09:40 PM   #193 (permalink)
Formula413
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Originally Posted by Nerys View Post
no because you would still have the drag from the water pump (rather significant) and you would still have the drag from the very act of spinning the pulleys and the belt itself.

I want to eliminate ALL of that 100%.

a clutch would get me REALLY close to 100% without having to actually remove anything.

thats why I want the clutch on the CRANK and not the pump or alt. I want to make them "STOP" no motion. the only drag would be the drag in the clutch assembly itself. then I could just push a button and resume normal operation (long trips or letting someone else drive the car etc..)
Oh ok I gotcha, that's gonna be tricky to do, the crank pulley often doubles as the balancer
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