So, this is my first thread... so i hope im not breaking any rules.... but i couldnt find any results from searching honda prelude crank pulley...

my buddie was telling me that he thought that crank pulleys help with low end torque... i was just wondering if this is true... and what brands are good?

The current mods on my car are: AEM CAI, a tanabe catback, DC headers (getting rid of them and getting the new vibrant ones), plan to get a hondata after the headers and then stage one skunk 2 cams... and my goals are getting over 210 wheel horse.

would a better crank pulley help my setup? and goals?

 

OEM crank pulley are harmonic balancers. They are there for a reason, dampens the many vibrations that result within the engine, I would not touch it. There are more noticible gains with a light flywheel rather than a lightend crank pulley.

 

you want to search just crank pulley and select the honda prelude forum in the list on the right hand side.

a crank pulley comes balanced from the factory. People get lighter ones to help reduce the rotary mass i believe it is called. From what i hear the lighter pulley will add some hp but being unbalanced they can lead to some serious engine damage. I would stick with the stock pulley and spend the money elsewhere.

with the cams and headers you might want to look into a skunk2 intake manifold. on a stock motor people have reported loosing power, but with those cams/headers it should work nicely.

if you want to help reduce rotary mass you could get the AEM alt and power steering pulley set, or remove them all together.

 

headER not headerS

 

thanks guys! i guess im just going to stay away from modding the pulleys then... and look into other things... like reducing the flywheel weight

 

Man its not an english class...