i have an 07 gt and in june i bought the whipple non-intercooled system from cj pony parts and had them install it....a week later the serpintine belt snapped ripping the hood liner all up....a week and a half later they had it fixed with a different idler pully....but it squealled horribly everytime i started it.... so i took it back yet again and had the original idle pully put back on and two days later the belt snapped again.....both breaks occured at a shift.. so they came and picked it up again.....this is the third time it has been back to the shop....its been a week and a half and my car isn't fixed yet....i am very un satisfied with this system and the service that i have recieved
now, it sounds like an alignment issue with the belt. you may need to have CJ get with whipple, to install a shim behind the s/c pulley. this will bring the pulley out a tiny bit towards the front of the car.
good luck and please keep us updated, those of us with the whipples would be interested in how you get your issue resolved.
no its not the allignment they said something about the tensioner was not set right??? i'm very pissed .... the service i'm getting sucks i'm on the phone everyday trying to get my car fixed i'm about ready to tell them to take it off and give me my money back cuz i didnt pay them 5500 bucks for my car to break every week .. and they're not even compensating me in any way for all this crap i've been put through..
well aparently art whipple was rushed to the hospital wednesday night and he was the one handling this whole thing and thats why they cant get it done today and bill at cj's said he's gonna try a belt from napa which i dont think is a good idea but o well......cuz if i have one more problem after this its coming off
what belt r u using. by that i mean brand. make sure the pullies are alligned, and go to ford and buy F7UZ-8509-AA . its a bigge w/p pulley, it will help the belt wrap the s/c a bit better
the instructions say to remove the hood liner. That's odd that it would break the belts like that. I wonder if they are making it too tight? It has a slider pulley that you can adjust.
Here's the instructions for installing the belt.
Install the supplied 6-rib belt. With the spring loaded tensioner in its max open position, adjust the sliding idler down as far as possible. Torque this bolt to 35 ft/lbs. (3/4" socket) and then release the spring loaded tensioner.
Now i'm no professional mechanic, but either you have to much tension on the belt or your belts are defective. If it were an alignment problem you should see some signs of belt shreading/fraying. by your description it sounds like it's just snapping clean. If it were me i'd back that slider pulley off a little and tighten it to spec, this might cause some slippage under boost though.
< Message edited by moosestang -- 8/17/2007 2:59:57 PM >
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
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This is either an alignment problem, a tension problem, or an alternator bolt problem. Assuming all your bearings are spinning free, nothing else will cause this. Use a 2-4 ft level and or a plumb bob to check alignment. For tension, sometimes the stop on the tensioner must be ground off to allow enough travel. Lastly, make sure the belt is nowhere near contact with any of the bolts in it's path, esp. the alt. bolts.
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05 GT Vert Auto, Saleen S/C 10psi VMP tune, Roush springs,D-Specs,Steeda LCAs,Swaybar,Panhard bar & brace,Spydershaft,TruTrac,3.73,BBK shortys,Corsa A/B.
This is either an alignment problem, a tension problem, or an alternator bolt problem. Assuming all your bearings are spinning free, nothing else will cause this. Use a 2-4 ft level and or a plumb bob to check alignment. For tension, sometimes the stop on the tensioner must be ground off to allow enough travel. Lastly, make sure the belt is nowhere near contact with any of the bolts in it's path, esp. the alt. bolts.
Yep! Grinding off the stop on the stock tensioner is part of the instructions. I'd check that for sure.
Post a picture of the belt.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
Yeah, but this guys only running a 6psi pulley, he shouldn't be breaking belts like that.
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it happens man. I've broken about 7-10 belts with my blower system.
Use GATES belts or supplied Whipple Belts (as long as they arent gatorbacks)
tell them to put the pulley on that squeeled (sp). add some WD-40...if it goes away order a new belt and DIY.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
That sucks i don't live far from them and was going to take it there to have them install my whipple when i decide to have it done, hope everything gets worked out for you.
well after it snapped after the first week they installed a larger idler pully off of the h.o. kit whipple said it was better for the belt...but like i sais.. it squealed like crazy and i drove it three weeks like that cuz they said the squealing would stop but it didnt..... this was the longest i drove without snapping a belt....so i dont think it is an alignment issue but i could be wrong and i didnt get any picks of the belt, cj's took pics of it and sent them to whipple both times and both belts were directly from whipple they are made by DAYCO speacially for these kits, or thats what whipple told cj's
A couple of people on this forum have had similiar issues with the Saleen SC and they went back to the stock idler pulley and tension pulley plus this pulley from ford for the water pump F7UZ-8509-AA I don't know if it will fix your problem but for $23 it may be worth trying.
i havent heard of anyone running the h.o. kit throwing belts...... so they should just upgrade me haha or at least give me a good deal on the upgrade that might fix my problem
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