Ford vs Chevy Build-up

HandOverFist · 05-31-2015, 01:00 PM

It's a serpentine belt running one device...straight from the alternator to the crank pulley, no idler. I went with it because I originally intended to use the factory alternator. A v-belt would not work well on these ribbed pulleys.

FireSale · 05-31-2015, 04:30 PM

Seems that ribbed belts are called serpentine without regards to how long they are or what they run. Learned something today.

Go play.

Dale

FED 387 · 05-31-2015, 04:43 PM

Serpentine belts the groves run the length of the belt--- Cogged belts the grove run across the belt--- cogged belts use pulleys that look somewhat like gears -- you can also change the rpm of the pulley ever so slightly by altering the tooth count of the pulley- dry sump and fuel injection pumps are good examples of cogged belt uses---- while serpentine belts use pulleys that the groves look like circles on the surface of the pulley and you are restricted to only a few different diameters -most modern automotive systems use them generally in conjunction with either an idler or tensioner depending on the application

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HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,651 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Ford vs Chevy Build-up It's a serpentine belt running one device...straight from the alternator to the crank pulley, no idler. I went with it because I originally intended to use the factory alternator. A v-belt would not work well on these ribbed pulleys. __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321 Last edited by HandOverFist; 05-31-2015 at 01:02 PM.

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FireSale VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Lakewood Washington Posts: 1,407 Likes: 29 Liked 237 Times in 126 Posts	Re: Ford vs Chevy Build-up Seems that ribbed belts are called serpentine without regards to how long they are or what they run. Learned something today. Go play. Dale __________________ Dale Shearon 68 Mustang 6394

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FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,424 Likes: 545 Liked 334 Times in 181 Posts	Re: Ford vs Chevy Build-up Serpentine belts the groves run the length of the belt--- Cogged belts the grove run across the belt--- cogged belts use pulleys that look somewhat like gears -- you can also change the rpm of the pulley ever so slightly by altering the tooth count of the pulley- dry sump and fuel injection pumps are good examples of cogged belt uses---- while serpentine belts use pulleys that the groves look like circles on the surface of the pulley and you are restricted to only a few different diameters -most modern automotive systems use them generally in conjunction with either an idler or tensioner depending on the application