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Hey all,
I am thinking of adding a gilmer belt drive system to my XW (351). Other then correcting belt throwing problems i can't seem to find any other benefits. Also other then the $350 it will cost, there doesn't seem to be any negatives.
Can those of you who use a gilmer drive enlighten me - What pros/cons have you come across in using a gilmer drive and how streetable are they?
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hi i had the same prob m8 when i was reving my 351 to 7000 but i had power stering all i done was got rid of the ps and had no probs after that if u can aford the gilmer go for it other than that just make sure your belts are in alinment mate
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Be careful with gilmer belt setups. Because of the lenght of the pullies, there is more leverage than normal on the shafts of the water pump, alternater etc and I have seen them sheer of due to over tensioning. I was once following a friend to a car sho |
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Thanks guys,
Falcon_3512003 - i don't have ps and belts are in line. They just insist on turning themselves inside out over and above 6500.
Thanks Dmax - definetly something ihadn't considered.
Overall i am prepared to take the plunge - jsut nee
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i recently used a gilmer belt set up and had a lower mount alternator, kept throwing belts, then fixed that problem, around 1 week later driving home one night i turned into main street and went to take off( nothing heavy) normal take offin first and then
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Hey yall,
what do people do with these st ups, for aircon, and power steering?
jest wonderin
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they usualy run the gilmerr set up for alt /wpump/crank.
but when you incorporate air con etc, they usually run gilmer to crank/w/pump etc and run a v belt to other accesories you can buy gilmer kits with a 'v' groove in them to take a 'v belt also wit
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thanks hk..
will looky into it.
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I've been running a gilmer belt system for years,it's on a 351 clevo(no pwr str or air con).
As far as I'm aware you should'nt be tensioning up these belts like a normal fan belt,they should be a little bit loose,I was told about 1/2-1 inch free play i
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I have just added a gilmer belt set up on my chey ,it seems to run ok besides it keeps shreding the belts as it wants to keep running of the front of the alt pulley ? i have tried to adjust the alt to make it run straight on the pulley but no matter which
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It sounds like the alt brackets are flexing.As the belt is pulled over the water pump pulley by the crank pulley it will tend to pull the alt pulley towards the water pump pulley which in turn will make the belt run towards the front of the alt pulley.The
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