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Old 07-29-2020, 11:52 PM   #29
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lightweight pulleys......= extra stress on engines........not recommended
Turbos.......................= no extra stress on engines.......recommended
Superchargers............= no extra stress on engines.......recommended
you've got some explaining to do!
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Lol. Funny that people think FI doesn't put any stress to the engine.
My engine puts stress on my FI
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Old 07-30-2020, 05:38 AM   #31
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Been looking at getting a lightweight crank pulley. Which one do you all recommend?
Anyway, here is an opinion from a person who has tried this mod. I tried a lightweight pulley kit and I noticed a small difference, BUT it was a kit meaning that I had to change additionally the alternator pulley and the water pulley. Overall, a lightweight crank pulley won't help much alone. You need a kit with different pulley diameters to under drive the peripherals. Does it worth the effort and the cost? It depends. If it is your daily driver, then I wouldn't bother to change them.
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you've got some explaining to do!
You can double hp and that's fine but if you use an aluminum pulley its going to beat your bearings out.

Millions and millions of air cooled VWs had no harmonic balancer.
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Anyway, here is an opinion from a person who has tried this mod. I tried a lightweight pulley kit and I noticed a small difference, BUT it was a kit meaning that I had to change additionally the alternator pulley and the water pulley. Overall, a lightweight crank pulley won't help much alone. You need a kit with different pulley diameters to under drive the peripherals. Does it worth the effort and the cost? It depends. If it is your daily driver, then I wouldn't bother to change them.
That is a completely different mod. Under driving the water/alt pulleys using Toda kit or Fensport pulleys is not at all the same as a lightweight pulley and shouldn't even be grouped in the same category.
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Millions and millions of air cooled VWs had no harmonic balancer.
That is probably cost savings for VW, not performance enhancement.
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When people cannot prove any power improvement, they claim throttle response since it is not measurable. Either someone posts a legitimate dyno or 0-60 test or we call the bs. Light-weight crank pulley is bs. That is the fact.
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I think light weight pulleys only make sense if you already have light weight flywheel, carbon drive shaft, lighter wheels, and 2-piece brake rotors. I'm certain you would be able to feel the difference when you have removed that much rotational mass from the drivetrain.
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I think light weight pulleys only make sense if you already have light weight flywheel, carbon drive shaft, lighter wheels, and 2-piece brake rotors. I'm certain you would be able to feel the difference when you have removed that much rotational mass from the drivetrain.
I had all that except an aluminum drive shaft and I couldn't tell.
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When people cannot prove any power improvement, they claim throttle response since it is not measurable. Either someone posts a legitimate dyno or 0-60 test or we call the bs. Light-weight crank pulley is bs. That is the fact.
It looks nicer at least.
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When people cannot prove any power improvement, they claim throttle response since it is not measurable. Either someone posts a legitimate dyno or 0-60 test or we call the bs. Light-weight crank pulley is bs. That is the fact.
Hp is mass, distance and time.
If hp is the same and you reduce mass you get less time or more distance.
Simple physics.
Does it take more power to spin a 10lb disc than it does a 1lb disc to 7400rpms from 750?
And not only that but you also have to accelerate the extra 9 lbs with the car.
So you get less centrifugal mass plus less overall mass.
The lighweight pulley works two different ways on acceleration.

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Hp is mass, distance and time.
If hp is the same and you reduce mass you get less time or more distance.
Simple physics.
Does it take more power to spin a 10lb disc than it does a 1lb disc to 7400rpms from 750?
And not only that but you also have to accelerate the extra 9 lbs with the car.
So you get less centrifugal mass plus less overall mass.
The lighweight pulley works two different ways on acceleration.
Engine crank is mechanically connected to many parts with rotating mass; flywheel, driveshaft, differential, wheels, tires, rotors, and who know what I forgot to move a car that weighs 2800 lbs. Rotating a pulley of few pounds lighter weight that actually rotates other pumps, alternators, compressors will not make any measurable difference. That is why there is no data.
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Engine crank is mechanically connected to many parts with rotating mass; flywheel, driveshaft, differential, wheels, tires, rotors, and who know what I forgot to move a car that weighs 2800 lbs. Rotating a pulley of few pounds lighter weight that actually rotates other pumps, alternators, compressors will not make any measurable difference. That is why there is no data.
Every little bit adds up and the pulleys,flywheel, battery and driveshaft is a huge weight savings and relatively cheap. Around 50lbs
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That is a completely different mod. Under driving the water/alt pulleys using Toda kit or Fensport pulleys is not at all the same as a lightweight pulley and shouldn't even be grouped in the same category.
Yes I agree.
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