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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Need a charger pulley. Who do I call?

Can any body recomend a quality 15% charger pulley that can be shipped the same day it's ordered?

My head is about to explode. We decided to get a 15% . Thought it would be a safe small change that would provide better "seat of the pants" performance & braggin' rights. Did a little (very little) poking around & ordered one from Alta. Can't get one shipped in a reasonable time frame. Car was torn down for a coolant leak & is waiting for a pulley to go back together. We didn't mind waiting a little over a week for the back order but we keep getting reports that the back order is getting longer & longer. We have spent a week ordering & cancelling orders that can't be filled. Come to mention it we haven't seen that matching belt yet either. I can't say I'm mad at Alta but I need a freakin' pulley.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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Some vendor will swoop in here with a link to his part any second now.

I buy my parts from Outmotoring. Great guy to deal with!
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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Way Motor Works

In fact, he just made a Vendor Announcement about it yesterday HERE.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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No srsly?

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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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Order it and we will ship it first thing tomorrow.

We have both 15% and 17% pullies in stock, or our supercharger pulley package.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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Looks like way is the Man. It's a good thing my wife ordered one from someone else. The guy called me & it all sounded so good on the phone. At this point I did not need another cancelled order anyway. Along with the overwhelming recomendation here I have been reading some othe posts about & by Way. I will be calling Way for my next mod. Specifically the crank pulley. Everybody wants to sell a light weight crank pulley & way warns against it. Are aftermarket crank pulleys available with the damp?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 11:49 AM
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I just installed my pulley from WAY Tuesday night.. Everything went fine and the car is a lot more fun. I will be shipping back the pulley remover today

thanks WAY!
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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I just installed my pulley from WAY Tuesday night.. Everything went fine and the car is a lot more fun. I will be shipping back the pulley remover today
Thanks, glad your loving it

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Are aftermarket crank pulleys available with the damp?
We do have aftermarket dampened pullies. If you want it oversized we do our own custom 2% ATI damper.
 
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