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Belt size needed after removing the air pump.

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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Belt size needed after removing the air pump.

This is for a friend of mine with a 91' GTU. After removing the air pump, what size belt will he need to buy to replace the original one? I ditched the air pump on my FD a while back, but was not sure if the replacement belt was the same size as the one on the FC. (Hope all of that makes sense)
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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If you remove the air pump, it would be difficult to replace it with something else, beings how there's nothing to put it onto.

You friend needs a double alternator pulley, and two new alternator belts. Scrap the old alternator belt (It's probably a bit stretched by now) and use the two alternator belts to make sure your water pump doesn't slip at high rpm.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jmkogut
If you remove the air pump, it would be difficult to replace it with something else, beings how there's nothing to put it onto.
Exactly what I was thinking...

Is your friend aware that by removing his air pump he will lose 5-6th port and VDI functionality?
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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Exactly. Take the airpump off to free up 1 or 2 hp and in the process loose 10-20hp from non-funtional VDI and 6 ports. Congrats, you're making way less power than before. Put the airpump back on.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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I'll tell him, thanks guys.
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