Originally Posted by
Jflow23
The DAYCO belt is on the crank pulley and passes by the tensioner in this picture. This was taken on the KI 194 mm pulley. You can avoid grinding by using a 6 rib belt, vice the factory style 7-rib belt. That DAYCO belt in the picture started squealing and I replaced it with a 6-rib belt (all I could find locally in a pinch), there is more clearance with the belt hung on the forward rib.
Just to clarify, with a 6 rib belt, no grinding is necessary? Thats great news if you can clarify.
FWIW, domestic guys run into belt size issues as well when running higher pulley ratio's and have to also purchase belts with less ribs (8 rib versus 6 rib on certain combinations), no reported belt failures that I could search for dating waaaaay back to at least 2003 on the SVT Mustang Cobra "terminator" when going to a reduced size.
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