- Aug 25, 2006
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I want to begin by expressing my most sincere appreciate to Pe2unia aka John and his friend and very anal/particular machinist Jim as they have worked hard over the past couple years creating some wonderful personal touch pieces for the gals and now what I consider to be an extremely wonderful mechanical enhancement for the Whipple gals.
Now having shared this what many do not know is the fact that when our economy went south it affected Jim on a grand scale and yet he pushed on never compromising the products as presented to all of us through Pe2unia aka John. As a reminder; here are a few of the items that Pe2unia aka John and John have presented thus far; the billet clamshell vents, the billet seat harness bezels, the engine bay struts, and now the custom Whipple supercharger pulley.
Pe2unia aka John contacted me many weeks ago asking what I thought about an alternate pulley for the Whipple supercharger sharing that Jim had created such a pulley for other applications and then “bang” the light went off and I told Pe2unia aka John that I had successfully used Jim’s pulley on Vortex superchargers; in fact they made the difference between a slipping and noisy belt versus a quiet slip free one hence boost. I then went on to say that I would like to try one on the Whipple supercharger. I wanted to try it on Ed Sims gal because his supercharger belt has always been prone too making noise; in fact we have replaced it several times and there was evidenced of slippage when operated under high boost levels. FYI; this design pulley has machine slots in the pulley that make certain that no air can become trapped between the supercharger belt and the pulley which is one of the reasons that supercharger belts will slip.
Jim agreed to make me one and once received I had it hard anodized and then it was immediately placed on Ed Sims gal. When I installed it I did “not” use the Whipple furnished snout idler designed to increase pulley belt wrap to determine just how effective it would be in this application.
I can share after numerous WOT dyno pulls with her creating approximately 850 RWHP and torque of approximatley 835 that the belt does not slip nor does it make “any” noise as such I consider this product a “home run” and a wonderful addition to the Ford GT community and a worthy consideration.
Thank you Pe2unia aka John and Jim for bringing another wonderful product to the community.
Takes care
Shadowman
Now having shared this what many do not know is the fact that when our economy went south it affected Jim on a grand scale and yet he pushed on never compromising the products as presented to all of us through Pe2unia aka John. As a reminder; here are a few of the items that Pe2unia aka John and John have presented thus far; the billet clamshell vents, the billet seat harness bezels, the engine bay struts, and now the custom Whipple supercharger pulley.
Pe2unia aka John contacted me many weeks ago asking what I thought about an alternate pulley for the Whipple supercharger sharing that Jim had created such a pulley for other applications and then “bang” the light went off and I told Pe2unia aka John that I had successfully used Jim’s pulley on Vortex superchargers; in fact they made the difference between a slipping and noisy belt versus a quiet slip free one hence boost. I then went on to say that I would like to try one on the Whipple supercharger. I wanted to try it on Ed Sims gal because his supercharger belt has always been prone too making noise; in fact we have replaced it several times and there was evidenced of slippage when operated under high boost levels. FYI; this design pulley has machine slots in the pulley that make certain that no air can become trapped between the supercharger belt and the pulley which is one of the reasons that supercharger belts will slip.
Jim agreed to make me one and once received I had it hard anodized and then it was immediately placed on Ed Sims gal. When I installed it I did “not” use the Whipple furnished snout idler designed to increase pulley belt wrap to determine just how effective it would be in this application.
I can share after numerous WOT dyno pulls with her creating approximately 850 RWHP and torque of approximatley 835 that the belt does not slip nor does it make “any” noise as such I consider this product a “home run” and a wonderful addition to the Ford GT community and a worthy consideration.
Thank you Pe2unia aka John and Jim for bringing another wonderful product to the community.
Takes care
Shadowman
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