New belt system

Wow ! that is a nice setup, obviously not stock !
the reason why your belts were breaking is the centrifical weight of the alternater, it takes a lot of torque to spin up and when you back off, it takes a lot to slow down, that is why it strips the teeth off the belt, been there done that !
Good luck, looks good.

Is that enough wrap on the alternator pulley?
Did you make this change to alter the ratios?
Is that an oil pump for dry sump?

Nice compact drive design plus adds another accessory.

It should be enough wrap. Would be nice to have a bit more but unfortunately there is no room for it. The engine is Windsor based so the Cleveland stuff would not work up front. I bought a kit to run the alternator but ended up having to modify it so much to work with the fuel pump that nothing was left of the original kit except the pulleys. This is a revision of the first setup purely to add a beefier belt. The alternator is fairly low mass and 70amp so it should work ok set up this way. I thought about driving the fuel pump off the dry sump belt so that if the oil pump belt broke the engine would immediately shut down but the mfg didn't recommend it. The original looked like this.

Blaine

Blaine, I see an aluminum head, did you build or buy the Windsor? Thanks for the follow-up pic.

I had the block but while I have the ability I certainly dont have the tools/machinery to build the motor the way I wanted it as the block was a raw block. The short block was built by Kuntz and Company in Arkadelphia Arkansas. The Victor Jr.s are from them as well. The Block is the same one Greg Esakoff is running hence the dry sump. There is no provision for wet sump on the block. In hindsight I probably would have gone with a wet sump motor.

Blaine

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Originally posted by PanteraTurbo:
In hindsight I probably would have gone with a wet sump motor.

Blaine

Can you please tell us why? Thanks.

Michael

Wet sump would have been A LOT simpler and certainly A LOT less $$. The dry sump has its advantages but I have not been able to enjoy those advantages yet. I am glad I have it now but the hassle of the whole thing I could have done without. There is an oil pressure shut down system but I dont think I will ever overcome the paranoia of that belt ever breaking.