on the right is the pulley that came on the b16a when i bought my CRX. yeah, it has a chunk missing.
on the left is a pulley i bought off ebay. it has 'civic' painted on the other side of it. i won the auction several months back, but i remember that the seller advertised it as a b16 crank pulley. is it from a USDM b16a2?
so, which pulley should i use on my b16a in the CRX? i do not use power steering or AC, so it is only to drive the alternator, so i would like to keep the parasitic power loss as low as possible. i showed the 2 pulleys to an old dude at the garage, and he said that the larger would be better, b/c once it got going, it would be less drag - but that from a start it would be a bit more of a drag on the engine.
whatcha think?
thanks in advance.

 

I'd get a ctr crankpulley. Or the fluidamper crankpulley if you have the loot.

 

yeah, i know of both of those, but i want to know which of the 2 pictured to use in the immediate future.

 

no love for my question? c'mon.
any help is appreciated. thanks.

 

Well I don't know if I would use the one on the left cuz I don't know what it really came on, but I know I wouldn't use the one on the right cuz that big chunk missing would prolly throw the balance way off and could cuase some serious problems.

 

yeah i figure you're right, but it was OK before.
anyone seen the pulley on the left before?
it isn't D-series is it?

 

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well if it is a B series pulley on the left, it'll probably hit your radius rods and grind it down...that's whats happening to mines now...but i have a CTR N1 waiting to get installed....so if you want a temporary i'd go with the one on the left.....the heck with the one on the right...trash it ..... then just save money and get a N1 or something

 

ok, thanks.