I dont have the short belt anymore... well at least not a ribbed short belt. That is the belt that I have set up with the cogs. Its almost impossible for it to slip and because it is cogged its not required to be very tight. I used gator back belts before, they usually lasted around 6K miles before they would start to fray and I would replace them.
Before I went with the cog setup I was having all kind of slippage problems. We tried everything to correct the problem. Including taking the coating off the pulley. It didnt seem to help at all. Plus the pulleys are aluminum, so if you take the hard anodize off them they will start to wear and eventually "polish" themselves which will really make them slip!
The exhaust will really help. My friend Jason picked up about 8whp by switching to a custom 2.5" exhaust. He had a gutted cat, extra long 24" resonator and used an Apex-i muffler. Its nice and deep sounding.
If only I was deploying to an Air Force Base.
I will be working with the Army, training the Iraqi military BMT. Thanks for the info, if you think of anything else let me know.
gerald.kramer@usafa.af.mil
I planned on taking pictures of my car yesterday to post (I havent posted any in probably 4 years) but as usual things didnt fit correctly so Instead of putting on my OEM kit and installing my new seats I spent all day making new seat brackets.
they should be getting welded up this week so hopefully this weekend I will get them in and get the car cleaned up some and post some new pictures.
