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Post Info TOPIC: Sbc pulleys for short water pump


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Sbc pulleys for short water pump


Does anyone know?

My best guess for more power to the back tires is

to use the pulleys from a 67 Camaro 302?

Anyone here played the pulley game?

Is there a site that gives specs for all the different pulleys 

used over the years?



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I don't think a change in pulleys will give you a noticeable power change.

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Here is my crank and power steering pulleys

I cant remember if they are 2 singles or a funny looking double

they are 6 3/4 diameter 

short water pump style

Anyone with some racing knowledge from back in the day?

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My understanding is that the deep-groove pulleys were used on engines that would see regular high r.p.m. use. The grooves were deeper to prevent the belts from jumping off the pulley. From an engineering point of view I don't think the diameter of the pulleys (over-drive or under-drive) was important to a mass production car manufacturer, and they tended to stay the same diameter as production pulleys.

The engineers didn't worry about over-speeding the alternator or other driven accessories EXCEPT for the a/c compressor. They kept a/c off the option list for the radical engines, and for cars like the '67 Chevelle SS396 with air conditioning they only came with 3.07 axle ratios regardless of transmission or engine horsepower, in order to prevent compressor damage from over-speed.

It was a big thing back in the 80s/90s to install underdrive pulleys for Mustang 5.0 in order to reduce the parasitic losses. You just have to watch out for an undercharged battery if you don't keep the revs up.

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I think in my particular case

my car already had a slightly under driven factory set up

the water pump pulley is 7 1/8 approx

and the crank is 6 3/4

the only place I found I could get an advantage with factory parts

was the corvette (and some other sporty models) alternator pulley

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-- Edited by SGS Welding on Friday 26th of January 2024 11:35:35 PM

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High horse 409s, and maybe late 348s, solid lifter engines, had deep groove pullies and were not available with AC. I always wondered why.

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i think the only change would be speed of the water pump

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How does the speed of the water pump change?

same factory crank pulley

same factory water pump pulley

slightly bigger alternator pulley

the only thing that changes is the alternator now runs a little slower

a tiny bit of power now goes to the rear tires instead of turning the 

alternator as fast as the old pulley I removed

or am I missing something?



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