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Old Apr 23, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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picked up the indigo kit for 300..

included main.. water.. alt and all the belts

srmotorsports now has em for 400 .. and its on sale
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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yeah they are expensive. $300 isn't that bad but its still alot....
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Apr 23 2003, 06:43 AM
6rwhp for $400+ is not a good investment for me
I agree, but what MJW and Mike said about the whole water pump deal.........I might just drop the 115 on the water pump and alternator kit.
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 11:03 AM
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woops. i said that confusingly. the greddy pulley kit is VERY good and you need it!



the big pulley kit is unnecessary. sorry meant to clear that up before but i forgot
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 01:52 PM
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yup...i spent $400 bucks on my unorthodox pulley kit. didn't do much for me here
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 01:52 PM
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actually, i don't think it did anything really
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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I am not a fan of the full pulley kits either, you get very little for the money you put into it. That and I tend to shy away from crank/eccentric shaft main pulleys, I know there is a LOT of disagreement on this issue and not just on this forum. Personally, removing something that was factory designed to act as a harmonic dampener is not a good idea, and certainly not worth the risk involved vs. HP gain. My .02



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Old Apr 23, 2003 | 03:46 PM
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The greddy 2 pulleyt kit works well. The main advantages are that it eliminates the airpump while providing sufficient water pump belt contact, and slows down the waterpump to prevent cavitation at high rpm.
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 09:21 PM
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so bottom line what everyone is saying:



good investment : pulley to eliminate air pump



not-so-good investment: the other pulleys
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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