Slipping S/C belt

Slipping S/C belt

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ViperPict

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10,087 posts

244 months

Thursday 16th June 2016
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I've not really had the chance to test my new Paxton SC set-up on my 1996 RT/10 properly but today it was being mapped on a dyno. All good to about 6psi then the SC belt started to slip. I have a tensioner fitted but that does not seem to be working very well. Car made 525 lbft at 3,500-4,000 rpm on the dyno. Any advice on how to resolve this issue would be very gratefully received!

stevieturbo

17,528 posts

254 months

Thursday 16th June 2016
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Good quality Gates HD belt, smallest size you can physically fit, and ensure tensioner has plenty of travel and never bottoms out.

If the belt stretches too much, or tensioner maxes out ( effectively losing all tension ) it will slip.

ViperPict

Original Poster:

10,087 posts

244 months

Friday 17th June 2016
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stevieturbo said:
Good quality Gates HD belt, smallest size you can physically fit, and ensure tensioner has plenty of travel and never bottoms out.

If the belt stretches too much, or tensioner maxes out ( effectively losing all tension ) it will slip.
Thanks and noted. The belt is of good quality. I think the tensioner is the weak link.