Recent content by jjlamb

Thanks Robert. That's a big help.

Robert, What did you use for the damper/crank pulley?

Really interesting Robert. I'll have to think a little bit to wrap my mind around that one.

Robert, that's some fantastic work. What are you doing for water pumps? It looks like the normal dual flathead pumps are not there. Must be something I'm unfamiliar with.

It's starting to look like it can be figured out. The hardest part might end up being the sourcing of appropriate serpentine pulleys. I actually looks like the biggest hurdle might be just finding a crank and water pump pulleys that can be made to work.

That Roberts design is a good find. It uses a little different orientation than the other setups.

I just did some more googling. Here's a couple pictures:

I see he uses them as part of his supercharger kits. I wish there were more pictures of his setup.

Here's a link to the installation manual for the March system. https://marchperformance.com/media/wysiwyg/Instructions/30600_instrctions.pdf

The skateboard wheel is an interesting idea. The serpentine systems do put more bearing load on the accessories, but not a lot more bearing load is required because the serpentine systems generally have more degrees of "wrap" on the pulleys. Maybe a serpentine system made out of aluminum plate...

I like the old school simplicity of these flatheads, but I like the constant tension and lack of slippage on modern serpentine systems. Unfortunately, the serpentine sytem made by March Performance is out of my price range at $2100. I also don't like the billet look of it. It's too modern...