for anybody that has an aem pulley, i recently bought used (about 1000 miles) pulleys and it came with the belts. the only thing is on the smaller pulley the belt does not fit perfectly, unlike the bigger one if you put the belt on it's perfectly aligned. the smaller one has more teeth (ridges)..am i making any sense?

 

it sounds like you bought the wrong pulleys. the vtec pulleys have 4 ribs and the si and s have 3 ribs i think it is. correct me if im wrong but it sounds like someone might have told you the vtec pulleys would work, which they wont due to the fact they have 1 more rib that h23 and f22 motors' pulleys