Fan Belt issue

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by Morris

Hey Bruce

How's your belt issue coming.....did you come up with a fix ???

Hi Morris,

Thanks for asking will find out this weekend, belt speed was 242 feet per second which is enough to make it grow and come off the pulleys. I installed a smaller crank pulley by using the starter to unscrew the allen head bolt holding it on. I am hoping the lower belt speed will work. I think someone on CC perhaps you, suggested this earlier but I did not think I could get the pulley off with out raising the engine. I was desperate enough to try the starter trick (old one).

I had new floating front brake rotors and hats made (at great expense I might add) and asked for .012" of lateral float. The company that built them thought that was too much and gave me .007. Although better, I still have brake knock back and will have to machine .005 off rotor pads to really fix the problem.
I will try the brakes this weekend, hopefully they won't go to the floor like the fixed rotors did.

We are trying three different tire combinations and a new splitter I fabricated that bolts on to existing hardware without effecting the stock body this week end too.

Will share results next week.