Sam_J84

great writeup. i would of never taken the time to put those pulley's on. just paid a local performance shop to do it. mod, this should go in the TECH section.

hPower

AWESOME How-to. Gotta love those pulleys and this man's work

WeDriveScions

Thanks guys.... just givin' back!

Dakahn

Awesome write up! WDS, thanks to you and your influence... it has pushed me into getting my hands dirty as well!

-NEMESIS-

hey nice write up!! wish i could have done that.... did you have the same issue of the water pulley that i told you where it was almost to wide to fit around the water pump?

WeDriveScions

Not at all.... Are you running an automatic possibly? That may be a small difference.... I took your comments into consideration when I did it, but it just pulled off and the new one just slid right on....


The only waterpump issue is just the tight frickin' bolts that hold it on....

-NEMESIS-

yeah my car is an auto. Always seems like stuff is just a little to tight or just off with it. Ehhh what cha gonna do? he he.... Yeah i had to use a strap wrench and fancy words to gt the water pulley bolts loose too.

WeDriveScions

I updated the how-to to encourage the auto owners to angle it to get it out.... Thanks for the tip... they're welcome for sure.

Harmonic_tC

NICE except i never needed a pulley remover for my crank pulley. all i did was once the bolt was removed it came right off with a tiny bit of wiggling and the new one went on NP. I am only saying this because if you dont have a pulley remover, dont worry about getting one because you really dont need it.

hPower

The puller tool is not always a necessity, sometimes crank pulleys actually slide off pretty easily. Just to be on the safe side though, you could always go to your local autozone and actually rent one for FREE. Just put down a small deposit and they will return it once you bring the tool back

WeDriveScions

Mine definately didn't slide off easily.... I tried.

I suggest a pulley puller just in case as well

jwaggz82

iTrader: (1)

ok now - whats the dirt on people saying that this is not a good upgrade for the long term of your car? I am interested in hearing the downside of this because if there wasnt any everybody would be doing this without even questioning it. From what I hear the performance gain is there just by driving the car ....you know there is a difference. I am not running a large sound system. The most I am going to do is change out my headunit in a year or so, add one 25x4 amp and keep my 8inch bass tube. Ive had large systems in my cars in the past and they were great. This cars sound is going to have 2 small amps max. ( figured i would say that so people know how to respond w/ better details).

WeDriveScions

There is nothing negative in regards to audio/water anyone has even discussed.... but, If you run a large system, it is best to get the overdrive alternator pulley just to be sure you're charging well enough for it...

The discussions revolved around the lack of a harmonic dampener in the tC aftermarket pulleys... and that the stock pulley has a rubber insert which is debated to reduce harmonic vibrations, which possibly could damage your engine over time, per others debate...

The examples stated were of Supra engines that were pushing some MAJOR HP... and I know of many running lightweight and underdrive pulleys for 70+ thousand miles with no problems whatsoever... so I really took their consideration into account, but ultimately decided that there wasn't any real information I could find anywhere on google to back up those claims and I found many things stating all the positive results people achieved....

You shouldn't have a problem to worry about at all....

WeDriveScions

If you have any questions about this install, please feel free to PM me and ask me...

aarontrini85

so im sitting here playing with my pully waiting to install it when i get off work


but i cant figure out wtf these 2 threaded wholes are on the side of where the pully bolts to the crank


any one know??? im about 100% sure they dont get used in the install

Munch

They don't get used. They are there for ease of taking the pulley off, if you use a pulley puller to remove it. But they are not needed at all.

Stu_Gotti

Boy I need to get mine on

aarontrini85

thanks thats what i figgured

Munch

No problem

PghtC

yeah the pulley pullers you are supposed to use to remove harmonic dampers/balancers (a.k.a. crank pullies) actually screw into holes in the pulley. Hence the reason they are there. The puller he used was a gear puller. Works just as well.