Will it? I don't exactly got time right now to remove the whole AC system, or the tools, so i was wondering if just cutting the belt would suffice for now. I have seen on other cars though (not rotaries) the car would get a real rough idle and what not.

Just wondering

 

NO you will not loose or hurt anything by cutting the belt

But get rid of that damn AC/PS system all together, the whole thing is like 100 lbs, and hell, you dont need it.

cut the belt, it wont hurt.

 

Quick reply, thanks man... my car does not have power steering in the first place... and is the stock exhaust dual cat or not?

 

stock exhaust has three cat converters.. take them off, get a good set of headers, or at least a race pipe..

you'll notice a huge increase in power output without your cat converters on.. good luck, let us know if you need anything.


Markus

 

Why not just take the 2 minutes and take the belt off the right way instead of just cutting it?

 

There is little to no resistance on the ps pulley when its not activated. Just leave it alone until you have the tools to remove it.

 

tomorrow i'll take a look at the cats since i will have acess to a lift, but don't i need extra piping if i'm gonna take off the cat?

 

yes i think you will but just gut the cats if you dont want to get the extra piping it will do basically the same thing

 

It'll just sound like ****

Cutting the belt could not possibly make a car run badly unless there were other components on the belt (like an alternator, etc.). This is not the case on an RX-7 but some cars do have other things on the AC belt. My friend's explorer has one belt for all of the components.
Then again, it is a ford

 

Ford... my enemy... I'll do anything to beat a mustang into the ground. A 4.6 anyway, i kind like the 5.0 Coupes they are light as all hell

 

ergg... I mean AC pully

 

Is the air pump needed after you gut the cats. Or is it the 5th and 6th port air supply?

 

On a series4? No, exhaust backpressure should do the trick for you, but if the exhaust is too free flowing you'll have to rig the airpump up to open them.