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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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how do you know?

Ive made a post about my car b4 and I still havent found out anything... How do i know what pulley is on my car? (%) the car makes 15psi all thats on the car is an intake... I know the pulley on my was changed because I ran into someone on the street and asked them if i could check out their car and its def diff...


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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 07:58 PM
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15PSI should be a 15% pulley unless you have a boost leak or inefficient blower.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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It should be stamped on the pulley. you may have to pull the right wheel off to get a good look at the pulley.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Agarwaen
15PSI should be a 15% pulley unless you have a boost leak or inefficient blower.

thank you.... i had a feeling that it might be...



dont really want to start pulling tha car apart if its running fine.. Tried eyeballing it but cant see a thing.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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If you have a dental(Angled) mirror you can use that and a flashlight to reach down and look at the pulley face as well.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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What about measuring the two pulleys, and see if the one is different by 15%?

Or isn't it that simple?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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What about measuring the two pulleys, and see if the one is different by 15%?

Or isn't it that simple?
You measurement would give you the size outside edge to outside edge...this is not where the belt rides...also in trying to determine which pulley you have with a measurement...a 15% a 16% or a 17%, the diff is tiny..1% of the diameter..few folks can measure that well...
 
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