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Old 07-03-2022, 11:45 PM   #6
Therealsumanth1
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Originally Posted by BirdTRD View Post
This is likely the actual cause of the belt breaking. The rough idle causes the belt to hop grooves which slices off the belt edges making it skinnier and skinnier until it snaps.
I had the same problem with my Edelbrock SC running high Ethanol content in cold weather, idle was rough and belts were breaking. see https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132012

Belt info
https://www.gates.com/us/en/power-tr...o-v-belts.html
Ok I looked through the maintenance records and found the part number for the belt.It looks like it was supposed to be replaced right before the guy sold it so it might not be a problem with the tune.I need to take all the pieces of the broken belt out of the engine bay, which is easy enough, but idk if ill be able to route the new belt into all the pulleys and tensioners the right way. Should I go to a shop for this or do it myself? also will the car just run after I install the new belt or is there anything else I should do?

Edit: Can I even install a new belt without removing the supercharger from the engine?

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