JoshM3357

Long story short I picked up a 97 civic ex off ebay last week for cheap. The car has a d16y8 with a JRSC supercharger on it. The supercharger is not hooked up on the car. I got a new belt and the belt does not fit. I have the tensioner pully as loose as it will go and the belt still needs about another 2" to get around the pulleys.

I checked the part # on the belt with the part # on Jacksons website and the numbers match. I am sort of leaning toward that the car has the wrong crank pulley on it. From what I have gathered searching the Jackson kit comes with a different crank pulley for the car?? Is this correct? Any other ideas?

I see people also switch the crank pulleys for more boost?

I am not very familiar with Superchargers. I want to make sure the supercharger works because I want to take it off and sell it but dont want to sell someone a supercharger that has issues.

Thanks for any help.

BTW This kit will be for sale in the near future for a good price if anyone is interested or would be more interested in trading for d16 turbo parts.

I did search for a while and couldnt find anything on this.

JoshM3357

Nobody??????

Jaker

The 96-2000 D series JRSC kits come with a special crank pulley that is a 3 rib alternator pulley and if memory serves me right, it is smaller diameter than the OEM EK pulley.

JoshM3357

Thanks. It looks like you cant get just the crank pulley either??

JoshM3357

I also see mention of people running the y8 crank pully since it is larger for more boost. What belt do they use. I looked around and tried to find another 3 rib belt that was longer and every place I went said they had and could not get anything longer than what I have. This has really become a pain.

Jaker

You could easily get a 4 or more rib belt and carefully cut the extra ribs off with a sharp knife. I've done that many times, and it works like a hot damn. I also happen to have the JRSC EK D series pulley, spare, that I could sell you for a reasonable amount of money if you're interested.

JoshM3357

I will try the 4 rib belt a shot first. If that doesnt work I will get in touch with you about the pulley. Thanks for the help. Appreciate it.

daveb91

From the time I used a A6 crank pulley to a Z6 to a Y8 I used the same belt everytime. If your idlers are like mine both pulleys are adjustable. The top one has a nut adj on the back with the screw adjuster on top. The bottom on is just nutted on the back but it sits in a 2 inch slide that you can move then tighten down. Hope that helps.