I was wondering who has the most miles post mod, as well as the highest mileage pulley mod'd car, in case they are not the same.

 

Current Mileage: 36,300
Pulley Mileage: 12,000

 

That beats mine, I got pulleyed on February 11, 2003 with about 1500 miles on the clock. I now have almost 14,000 with no problems but rapidly balding tires.

 

Thanks guys,

Is 12,000 the highest then ?? I realize it is still only 8:30 in the West, but with 57 views of the thread I'm thinking we have a winner. I was expecting something closer to 20,000.

 

10K on Blubelle, 6k with the pulley. As many modders have been part of a Randy Webb pulley party, I'd bet that the majority of pulleys have been installed from April '03 to date. Six months ain't much time for 20k. But, that said, absolutely no problems to date post install.

 

Ah,

I thought pulleys had been be installed all along. I think 12,000 since April is going to be it then. Thanks for the history .........

 

I can't beat it by much...23,000 on the car
13,000 on the pulley

 

installed yesterday and only twenty miles. but what a difference to say a old saying zoom zoom. or how about just kick my butt to get me going. this thing sure does that. it is diffently a kick in the rear. sounds meaner too.

 

Helix had the first pulley and i know he puts on the miles.

 

So far I'm the leader! 27k miles, 16k miles with the pulley! (Helix pulley, that is).

Andy - speaking of balding tires - I had to replace the front ones already (17" Goodyear All-season runflats). I had some non-related warranty work done last month and that's basically what my dealer said about the pulley and tires. I asked why did my tires go bald so quickly. It went like this:

Me "Any idea why my front tires went bald so fast?"
Dealer "That's an aftermarket supercharger pulley you have, right?"
Me "Yeah, so?"
Dealer "You're spinning you tires too much. That's why they're going bald"

 

30,000 since the pully mod and loveing every minute of it

 

>>speaking of balding tires - I had to replace the front ones already

Most tires on sports cars, or sporty cars (whatever you consider the MCS) wear much quicker than your typical tire on a four door sedan. Probably because we drive the car harder. 20,000 for front tires is alot on a car driven hard. I need a new set of tires for my Corvette Z06 at 16,000 miles and My 03 M3 was close to needing a set of front tires at 10,000 miles.

It's all in how you drive the car. Perhaps a pulley brings out more agressive driving, I know it will when I get mine.

RaceCarDriver

 

We have one customer who has 47,000 miles and got his pulley done here at 8,000. Moreover, his miles are like dog years: he treats his car like a truck-stop hooker. Full burnouts on a cold motor, hand brake turns, etc. We changed his belt last week, even though it didn't have unusual wear. The car's a trooper.

 

>>30,000 since the pully mod and loveing every minute of it

So how many miles did you have on the car prior to the pulley?

 

Why does everyone wait after thousands of miles for the install? I was planning on getting it done at the dealer prior to delivery. Bad idea?

 

Getting it done at the dealer????....I would think that many installers out there would have more experience than the dealer....besides you'll pay an "arm and a leg" for that kind of work.....Good luck...

 

>>We have one customer who has 47,000 miles and got his pulley done here at 8,000. Moreover, his miles are like dog years: he treats his car like a truck-stop hooker. Full burnouts on a cold motor, hand brake turns, etc. We changed his belt last week, even though it didn't have unusual wear. The car's a trooper.

39,000, We have a new leader !!!

That should help cure some waranty fears.

>>"Why does everyone wait after thousands of miles for the install? I was planning on getting it done at the dealer prior to delivery. Bad idea? "

Which is one reason to delay the install. I guess I am suprised the dealer would install a pulley. What are they saying about the warranty ??? That could determine the "bad idea" or not. It could be said that breaking in the motor while the full waranty is intact before the pulley is added is a better idea.

 

"his miles are like dog years: he treats his car like a truck-stop hooker"


Thats tooooo Funny :smile:


I need a smaller pulley. :smile:

 

I Analized after installing my pulley a had a better mileage, do not know numbers but it certanly soo a difarance

 

Thanks, TwOMINIs, but the issue isn't so much as who will do the install, but rather why does everyone wait. Why are there differences of thousands of miles between overall milage and pulley milage? To make it more succient, is there any reason to wait?

By the way, the dealer here in Colorado has offered to do this when my MCS is delvered late Dec/ early Jan.

 

More and more dealers are offering this because it is proven to be safe. Besides, it is an easy, high demand, high profit add-on.

 

"So how many miles did you have on the car prior to the pulley? "

i think it was at 12,000
i got 43,000 as of yesterday

 

And your sports cars were rear wheel drive for crying out loud and you wore out the front tiresw that fast??? I guess it's amazing my RUNFLATS make it that far on a super handling front wheel drive car!!!

 

Well since it's a potential engine warranty voider, I'd want to wait to make sure my MINI isn't a lemon from the factory. Let's face it. every 1% or so of cars are a total lemon right from day one. The last thing you'd want to happen is have a faulty something under the bonnet - that something being serious and even though it was nothing to do with the added pulley, you get denied warranty coverage even though it came from the factory like that. So for me, 5-10k on your MINI, maybe with other mods done first like maybe intake and exhaust before you add the pulley. Just to make sure it SEEMS to be in good shape from the factory and you're not going to get screwed for some huge repair that is not your fault. I believe that is really the only reason to consider waiting a bit.

I waited 11k miles but for me that's quick. It didn't even take me 5 months! :smile:

 

Great point Greatgro: better safe than sorry.