lookin good Dan, since I've been working a little in my garage lately I bought a little 1500 watt electric heater for $18 and hung it from the garage door opener bracket

I'll have to take some pics of what we did at my buddy'* house so we can use air tools even if the garage is below freezing

The roof is vented, so no problem with CO2.

My wife bought me one of those 1500 watt heaters, when it'* real cold I have that on my bench, only good for warming my hands.

So what exactly does an 8-rib do for you over the 6-rib?

More grip, less slip.

hehehe and if we were a different kind of forum you would get a totally different answer...

So Dan you have slippage now?

No slippage, and I want to keep it that way.

Thats smart.

I remember calling Bill Boost a few years back while he was driving.......he couldn't understand why every time he would goose the car and then let off the belt would make a slipping noise. Short time later he had installed a 8 rib setup and fixed it!

little story...

Its cool watching your car get stronger and stronger over the years Dan

Actually Todd...that wasn't the SC belt. I've never had SC slip. That'* the accessory belt, and it squeals when I let off because the belt finally gains traction on the crank. Problem there is I'm runnin an electric WP which takes belt wrap at the HB from 3/4'* wrap to about half. Add that to how quickly my motor revs up these days and it'* a bad combo. I'll be looking to figure something out there, and it'll start off by getting one of the Gates belts. Those have a traction tape sparkle to them.

Part of the dilemna about running the belt on the inside or middle ribs when you have a six rib belt is explained by the differences between the ZZP and Intense setups. You might need a spacer that Intense sells for proper spacing depending on the HB that you got. Some of the various 8 rib kits add 1 rib to the outside and one to the inside. This make the Intense setup (usually run the middle 6) a perfect fit as it did in my case. Check their website..the spacer is there for the ZZP pullies. That'* the difference usually. Maybe install the kit, check it out for alignment and if need be..run the 6 rib belt for a little while until you can buy the spacer if you need it.

In case anyone is chomping for pics of what the setup looks like. Here'* a preview of Dan'* future pictures.




Hey look...no torque axis bracket for a test fit.


I can't seem to find the pics of the 1/8"+ that needs to be ground off the TA mount for the #9 pulley to fit. Or the amount that I ground off for the belt that change for the electric WP. All in all..that mount is saving me a lot of weight on race day. Dan..bring out the big tools for griniding that day. I think Foghorn told me it was around 3/16"

I figure I'll be using my angle grinder and possibly the carbide bit.

Picked up another part of my build today.

I bolted the bracket to a spare engine (you probably have a vise) and then ground for 20 minutes, tried it ground another 10 minutes.