True, I really don't even "need" it around here since I am stop just for traffic lights...no traffic jams. Got a brand new one off E-bay for $15 total, a Derale. Its nice being small since I can slip the little belt that drives the water pump from the crank right over the fan. Because there is no clutch I can turn the fan and pop the belt on in under 1 min (taking it off I need to unbolt the fan and spacer...the spacer is from a 1964 car (I love Ebay, lol) its made of metal not plastic. But then no PS but I can drive it back home.
But I am hoping to go on a long road trip in to Canada in one month, that means going past Customs and there is always line up at the border...so I trying it out now...really aren't going to rev it past 4,000 on the trip (I better not, they impound your car for a week for 50 kmh-35 mph over the limit in Ontario CA).
I notice now that my little bracket is crack that goes on the bottom of the PS pump and the block...so if I take it off my exhaust shop would weld it and I could get the belt even tighter but it seems pretty tight now.
Just was looking at that smaller crank pulley and could not figure out what a smaller crank pulley did, now I know...March has all the stuff, larger PS pulley, smaller water pulley (to prevent over heating with the smaller crank pulley) but I wanna have fun and not spend much money on my ride right now. Got new tires and police rims just last month and then needed a brake valve. Oh yeah, and MSD gauges, a tach, water and fuel gauge (ebay again, $150 for all three brand new, I "had" to buy it, lol).
Again, no Cuda..a ST Regis...so no sweat cutting and modify everything..but it could run with some of yours here and lots of stuff is pretty much the same. Plus I feel safer leaving it park outside theft wise..will unhook the battery at night and chain the hood down thou on holiday at night.
