I was changing my oil at work one day and a mechanic/friend walked up to me and started bullshitting with me. He told me something about removing some belts, he has a couple friends with RX7's so I figured he knew what he was talking about. Can anybody tell me what belts can be removed if you know what I am talking about? I would search but I don't really know what to enter into the search.

 

You remove a belt, you remove a feature for the rx7.

 

you don't need a/c so you can remove that belt.

if you remove your smog pump belt and are running an n/a and/or still have a catalytic converter you will lose your 5/6 ports and burn up your cat and possibly lose traction on your water pump pulley.

there is ways to cut out accessories but i won't explain it all here because i am about to go to bed, do a search and you should come up with some answers.



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oh and i'm not running IE6...

 

Dude, don't search, just go look at a local RX-7.

The stock FC has 4 (or fewer) belts.

One drives the A/C compressor.
One drives the power steering pump.
One drives the water pump & alternator.
One drives the water pump & smog pump.

The only one needed to keep the car running is the water pump/alternator belt. The rest aren't required, though the S5s need the smog pump to actuate the VDI & 6th ports (NA only).

With only one belt on the water pump, it tends to slip at high RPM (mostly from driving the clutch fan). The often mentioned "dual alternator pulley" lets you run two belts on this loop, helping water pump grip. This only matters when the smog pump is removed.

Some places sell serpentine conversion kits for the '7. This lets you run one big serpentine belt in place of all the smaller belts. They're apparently smoother, grip better, and reduce drag. They're also a few hundred $$ for the kit.

Me? I run with no smog pump (it was seized on the car when I got it), a dual alternator pulley, and my P/S & A/C intact. I also keep a spare belt for the alternator/water pump loop in the car, because both belts on the loop are the same age and I'm not entirely convinced that one could fail without running a significant risk of taking the other one out as well.

-=Russ=-

 

Great, thanks for clearing all that up.