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Old 01-29-2014, 04:11 PM
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Aftermarket pulley sets

Anyone had any experience with them are they worth the upgrade?

I've seen these http://bit.ly/LaJwS5

Obviously there are a few out there on eBay and such but they sound too good to be true.

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Old 01-30-2014, 03:16 PM
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no experience with those but i have the agency power underdrive set and i hate it. the air conditioning sucks at idle, the water temps are higher than average and the lights also dim more than usual if the idle dips below 750.

if the car came with the stock pulley i would have put them back on long ago, just been procrastinating on buying another set.
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So it's true they are to good to be true then! Think I'll give them a miss.
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I like my set from rotary fx. I nabbed them for like $140 shipped. They work well. I dont notice any difference in ac although I can't speak for WT because I dont have any gauges and as well all know the stock gauge is a zombie
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Originally Posted by Karack
no experience with those but i have the agency power underdrive set and i hate it. the air conditioning sucks at idle, the water temps are higher than average and the lights also dim more than usual if the idle dips below 750.

if the car came with the stock pulley i would have put them back on long ago, just been procrastinating on buying another set.
How do you know it's the pulleys causing these symptoms if they came on your car? I installed the AP pulleys about 8 months ago and didn't notice any disadvantages. I do like how it revs a bit more freely. It's like going halfway to a lightened flywheel, but without the pain the *** install. And the wife won't stall the car so easily. I put an AEM CAI on at the same time, so can't comment on whether it added any power.


I got some stock pulleys I'd sell ya. Shipping will probably suck though.
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Well maybe they are ok and the symptoms Karak mentioned could be from other issues.

I've seen so many being sold some are agency power some are unnamed and some are OBX or the one in the link.

All CNC machined and say balanced. Obviously some only come as alternator and water pump and some are only for the crank. So I'm swaying towards just the alternator and water pump for now.
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ive had an unorthodox racing set of pullys on my 8 for almost 5yrs without any problems
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Take note that a S1 water pump pulley will not mate with a S2 water pump
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Originally Posted by paimon.soror
Take note that a S1 water pump pulley will not mate with a S2 water pump
Awwww! Thank you for that mate.
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