Right now I'm running on a stock belt and bypassing the s/c until I get home for xmas break this weekend. My first question is do you think its alright to run the car with the bypassed SC for 300miles? I don't see how it could hurt. And secondly when we put the stock belt on today my friend said he thinks my s/c needs a rebuild because he can barely turn the s/c pulley? Isn't it supposed to be hard to turn if it is just sitting there or has my s/c seized up, car seems to run ok with the stock belt granted its severely underpowered from before and I can't imagine the car running at all if the blades in the s/c weren't spinning a little bit with the regular airflow?

 

question: Is there a reason you're running on the stock belt?

My SC brand new was somewhat hard to turn. I wouldn't worry about it if you aren't seeing/feeling/hearing the SC do anything wrong.

I ran off the stock belt for 1200+ miles - it's not a problem.

 

He shredded his SC belt

 

Ah.

You're fine man - get the belt back on when you can....no hurry....but you'll get sick of having less power pretty quickly.

 

Its hard to turn the blades because of the drive gears.

 

Thanks for the info Ian, lol I just drove home from my friends shop, I'm already sick of not having the power, wow what a dog, how did I ever live without FI??

 

Cool, its just that my mechanic friend knows his **** when it comes to FI and when he said, hmmm its kinda hard to turn your s/c i think it might be shot, I was like OHHHH **** like I really need this right now.
Hopefully I will be boosted again by the end of next week!
Thanx for all the help over the past few days guys!

 

hey maximarider ....when u come back to maplewood, maybe we can have that race

 

If it's not making strange sounds don't worry too much. As long as it's performing normal