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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Underdrive pulleys????

I was wondering if anyone has ever but a set of underdrive pullys on there truck and if so what kind of gains came from the pulleys...Also how hard is it to install these???Any special tools????


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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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The UD pulleys are easy to do. You dont need a special tool other then an impact for the alt nut. The waterpump pulley is 4 bolts, and so is the crank pulley. I did them on my mustang, but not my truck yet. You might notice a gain, you might not. I did a buch of work with the pulleys so im not sure how it will be with just them. My friend with a 4.6 mustang says he feels more in the upper rpm, but that a way different engine.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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UDP's were the first mod I ever did on my truck.....it helps your truck get up into rpms faster...you will notice a gain.....

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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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so are the pulleys on a 351 same as a 460 and would i need to change the belts...
 

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so are the pulleys on a 351 same as a 460 and would i need to change the belts???
 
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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underdrive pulleys are good...i have them i felt a difference...pretty sure your gonna need another belt...easy to install....but at idle the charge is less then it would be stock
 
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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If you go to ebay and search for ud pulleys for 5.8 you will see them all. Yes you will need a smaller belt and sometimes it can take a few tries to get the right one. It did for my mustang. Once your done installing the pulleys use a peice of string/twine and use that to measure how long your belt should be.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Try March performance. They have all kinds of pulleys including underdrive ones. You also might check Jeffs Bronco Graveyard at broncograveyard.com for the 460 pulleys
 
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