friesm2000

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x2, but also a heavier pully also helps to dampen out any vibrations that you could possibly feel
and any noise/harmonics from the accesories

StreetKA

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the oem pulley is really heavy it could be not so much heavy if that was not necessary

Rajca

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and read what friesm2000 wrote. its easier to mold the crank pulley than to cut aluminum, its faster and cheaper.

i agree with friesm2000, but i have not had any noise issues. and our cranks are internally balanced. so u dont have to worry about any harmonic balancer and what not

StreetKA

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so i understand that you mean that there is no cons at all ?

friesm2000

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not saying that you will have noise issues, but there is a higher possibility

also they are more durable for various conditions and not so good auto techs

also remember they are making millions of the pullies a year, so a small decrease in production cost adds up REAL FAST
and i much rather have them skimp on a part like this that is easily replaced then say skipping on the crankshaft itself (like how GM wanted a cast crank for the Saturn VUE) and we crack the crankshaft instead

StreetKA

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actually i noticed that my car is much quiter than b4 than might be bc of gatorback belts or just my feeling idk i also changed the tranny fluid so i cant say clearly what is it.

Rajca

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Con for the underdrive would be the alt problem that was discusses.
Stock light weight pulley no problems for the autos. For us 6spds we would have to rev match a bit differently. But I had no problems with my stock size light weight pulley. Haven't tried out the option pulley yet. Now back to traffic safety school for me

friesm2000

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AGAIN , WOW you are a bad driver

StreetKA

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i have a friend in Chicago and she got pulled by cop 3 times for speeding now she is under supervision or something... in NJ for speeding u just go to court depend on the judge u got only fine and points or suspension too :P and that happened to me two times and no more...

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Rapture

I'm only a bad driver when cops are around. Weird!

MrFluffy

the only reason im doing the pulley now is because im doing the alternator (130amp) because my other one is done so I hope to cancel out the effect of the underdrive pulley (hope).

back to my question you take the harmonic balancer off and throw it out (sorry for my lack on knowledge but ive never done this mod!)

Rajca

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U wont throw off the balance. Ull be fine, just make sure the bolt is on their thight. 181 ft lbs.

Its my third time in here. U can take two classes and the 3rd one ur screwed. This is my first one this year

friesm2000

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you don't need it anymore cause the light weight pulley replaces it, unless of course you might want to go back to stock one day

might also be able to sell it too, also it works great for a paper weight too, just depends on what you want to do with it afterwards

MrFluffy

Im hopefully never going back to stock (Unless my wife finds out I put another performance part on this car, I think shes mad im not putting it in to my TA Crazy women LOL)

Do they break? who would buy it, stock pulley I mean?

WHY are you on your third should I be worried

friesm2000

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the little bit of rubber on the stock pulley can let go then the outer ring works it way off,but i have never seen that with a honda one though, it is usually the domestic cars that do that though

civicdrivr

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I think he was talking about traffic school.

MrFluffy

that sucks Im only on two but I find The CL isnt as much as a heat score as compared to my other cars my cadillac eldarado was pretty bad

civicdrivr

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Thats funny you say that, Ive noticed that Caddys are usually the ones getting pulled over on the interstates. Most of them do 90 on I95 here.

MrFluffy

I had a 91 Lincoln continental it was huge heat score too, but it was slow as hell the caddy was fast not like the CL but I Never get pulled over in the CL I went by a cop the other day On my way home from work doin 90 and he didnt chase although it was 4am he was probably sleeping on the jod LOL , but thats one of the reasons I like the cl so much I dont know if its luck or the look of the car but I dont really care as long as I dont get pulled over

civicdrivr

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It must be luck lol. I got pulled over 2 times in it. 76 in a 60 and 85 in a 65.

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ever since I got my CL i have not had a cop even look like they wanted to pull me over.

Plus my mom is the registered owner for insurance purposes so if they run the plate they will see her record... which is perfect. lol i luv it

but as for the pulley... does it increase noise (hell no, maight even have gotten quieter with the gatorbacks), does it make a LIL less power (yes, only noticeable if ur stopped and have a/c on), does it make the car faster (definitely), is it easy to install (yes as long as u can get the damn nut off), will i ever go back to oem (never ever ever), is this the best mod for the $ (YES)

Rajca

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ive just gotten pulled over a few min ago in my tl. all he did was give me a no front plate ticket. didnt see my tinted windows. haha thank god, thats a $250 ticket here

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yea that's why I left mine on. :-( I don't wanna be a heat score, po po here have pickles up their asses and if they're having a shitty day they'll make something up and search ur entire car (usually fucking something up). so it's just not worth it for me

Rajca

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i need a new front bumper for my tl, no way to attach the plate unless i screw it into the bumper. which is gonna look ghetto and ugly

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iTrader: (2)

what?? there are 2 screws that go under the bumper.. that's how it is on my car.. no holes have been drilling into the actual painted bumper itself.

is it different on the TL, I cannot see it being any different. go check and I bet ull see 2 lil holes waiting to hold up ur plate :-)

friesm2000

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but also it is not like those two bolts for the front plate hold the plate bracket on very well anyways, kinda flimsy, quite often the very top is not even touching the bumper itself, just from the plastic being old and taking a set

Rajca

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the tl is the same, but i had an intercooler their so i cut a shit load of the bumper to make it fit. i just put two screws into the bumper a few min ago. o well. i need a new bumper anyway.

Rajca

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it was about 85-90% complete, then i bought my cl-s6

friesm2000

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, did not relize that, more pictures please , or sending me the kit will work too

Rajca

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like this?

friesm2000

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is that the kit you swapped to the cl, with also losing the stock cooling fans???

MrFluffy

I would get pulled over all the time If I didnt Have a front plate, My windows are 15% all the way around.

And the normal plate mount does screw into the bumper, I made My own plate mount looks better doesnt ruin the bumper , I put two screws in but youd never see them

Raja that is sick but u took it out when your were almost done?? your crazy LOL

Rajca

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yup, i bout the cl as a parts car. really only wanted the trans. but the price i paid for it and the money to fix it was still cheap as hell so i decided to keep it. and gonna put my turbo kit on it. the plan for the tl was 9-11psi. something fun but dd. same plan for the cl but now i want to go all out. so i will be getting a bigger intercooler. plus the extra wear and tear on our cheap autos isnt a good idea.

i got one slim fan that im gonna be putting in

friesm2000

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how plans change

MrFluffy

I didnt onow you were going with a turbo I though you were building up the engine NA, The TL install looked clean must have been shitty to take all that off

Rajca

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na is no fun, haha. it wasnt easy to take if off. but had to be done. the bumper on the tl was a few months old when i cut into it. and now its all cut up and needs to be replaced

MrFluffy

That sucks dude, My bumper for teh CL was like 450 cad how much was the tl one

Rajca

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105 new aftermarket, plus $150 to paint.

but the cl doesnt have an aftermarket option which sucks

brian6speed

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I've been driving for 8-9 years now with no front plate and never been pulled over or it even mentioned. When i got my front windows tinted tho i got pulled over 2 times in the first week and just got them removed. I cant stand using a front plate on the Cl tho.

civicdrivr

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The front plates are hideous but I need one here otherwise Ill get pulled over for some nonsense.

Seeing the front mount makes me go back to wanting to boost my car. For the past few days all Ive been thinking of was going all motor instead, but the front mount is fucking mean looking.

Even if I cant get traction, at least I can scare all the ricers out of racing me