on the pit stop full blend charger can you put smaller charger pullys on it? if so where can i get them from?
yes - can pick them up second hand - or new from maxrpm.de you should get a chip to suit - ask polo performance parts on here
thanks pete
I'll have a toothed belt kit for sale soon ;) :D
Toothed kit the only way, V-Belts are awful. Sometimes I forget G40s even have V-Belts.
How do you guys go on for belt life on the toothies? Do you find you have to replace / tighten often?
Oh and how much Alex?
My last one did 6 months, some last long some don't - its a 20 min job so I don't really mind.
If you hit the rev limit once or twice thats enough to strip 1 or 2 teeth, then the rest come off after about 50 miles if your lucky. My last 2 stripped all the teeth and i drove 50 miles without the charger actually running.
I went through a phase where i was replacing them every 2 months.
I need to pick up a spare just for my sanity. But my last belt lasted five years and it was fine when it came off.
If the toothed belt is your worst casualty from hitting the rev limiter you've got off lightly tbh!
I hit the rev limiter once or twice a month.... don't make me worry!
Hm every 2 months :o :o
i would like 7500miles from my standard V belts on a 68mm pulley. (its holding it for already 9000KM) but the belts slip every time at 5500RPM+
even when i use anti slip beltspray. without the spray its 5000-5200 RPM when just tightenned :( the plus side is that i dont / am not able to mistread my charger :p
since it is my dayly/only car (not that i use it every day) i m gonna try shorter belts & a new steel pulley (this one is aluminium and worn in after 9000KM)
i hope this will help. im running a 140hp chip, the charger is done also 9K KM ago..
The beauty of V-belts is they slip a little top end taking the brutality out of it when you hit the rev limiter. Toothed belts are the way forwards though!
not for g60 charger though.
Do toothed pulleys eat G60s then?
Apparently they dont go too well. I know some G60 owners and they dont go toothed, not even mad mikes g60 polo is toothed. All run 6pk pulleys.
£80 for an Omex soft-cut limiter; very good value.
i think the best way to go for G40 aswell is to convert the G60 pulleys & bellts to G40, (6KP)
but that is not a straight forward job to do (i have been told...)
my mate his +200Hp G60 does not tend to slip with these bellts on...
I ran G60 pulleys years ago for a time and got more belt slip with those than standard V belts. I wouldnt bother with them again.
the 5pk / 6pk belts are advisory for g60 conversions.
5pk belt kits are available from max rpm at only £120ish
Toothed belts are the way for g40's ad say!
Thats a bugger to read after machining NickS`s PSD G40 toothed pulley for use with both chargers lol.
My engine is very rev happy and the g60 ribbed belts are bound to slip! The tensioner is also not as good the oem g40 version. Toothed belts are the way forward for every last be bhp . Ok so they may work the charger bearings that little harder, but nothing frequent servicing won't cure.
hi,
i now have the Roetelle-racing bellts (shorter & slick) for a 68mm pulley + a STEEL 68mm pulley (not thooted) on my G40 and damn! that makes a hell of a difference. were i always had slip on higher (5000+) revs with the bellts & alu pulley i bought from SLS tuning,
these new ones do not slip at all, even above 6000 rpm. (i had never been able to go there on full boost before :P )
i m happy! perhaps for more hp thooties are neccesary, but with a little chip like mine, not needed at all after all :)