Can anyone tell me whether aem pulleys or unorthodox pulleys are better?
Which one would u recomend and why?

 

I have an unorthodox crank pulley on my car. I dunno if it helps any, but, if you have found a good price and already done basic bolt ons then go for it. They look neat!


[Modified by crxaccord, 8:04 AM 2/4/2003]

 

waste of money, why bother

 

pullys rock actually. feels like you did a lot of weight reduction. however if you have no accessories, you wont notice as much difference as if you did

 

I don't like them, I have seen to many bad storys about them.

 

madd bling yo...

 

I dunno what to do with my Unorthodox pulley now. I hear that the weight reduction will increase power then I'm hearing that it will eventually mess up my motor. I haven't installed it yet. What to do?

 

i had a 98 turbo gs-r with no p/s and no a/c with the UR crank pulley (single pulley) and i liked it. the car was really powerful and i ran the hell out of it and never had a problem. i heard all kinds of stories about them warping cranks, etc, but you can go without a crank pulley if you have a racing battery setup (not for street use). so i have no bad experience and have personally seen no bad stuff happen with them. and every little hp counts, right? i say put it on


[Modified by 22lbGS-R, 11:31 AM 2/4/2003]

 

I have the aem pulley & noticed an improvement in throttle response, not necessarily hp. I've had no issues & neither have any of my friends after thousands of miles. I think that it was worth it.

 

you dont gain hp you free up hp. its all rotational mass. same **** as adding a lightened flywheel

 

limo- that's essentially whta I meant-thanks for the clarification- you free up hp, hence the better throttle response. preciate the correction.

 

i have a used unorthodox crank pulley in great condition for sale $75 obo had it on my d16a6 for 2 years and never had any problems

 

i've got an unorthodox crank pully on my 91 prelude and it works great. little bit better acceleration. i wouldnt pay over 100 bucks for one tho.

 

i purchased mine cause my oem crank pulley was cracked during shipment of my motor and i figured what the hell? But they are supposed to be able to hold up to about 300hp after that, they blow oil pumps

 

read this.................

http://forums.clubsi.com/showflat.ph...b=5&o=&fpart=1

 

Great Post!

 

Here's my 2 cents.

IMO the AEM pulley kit is better. I had UR at one point but took it out. First off ur voltage generated at idle will be lower so if u have a big system in ur car, I wouldn't suggest putting on aftermarket pulleys. CRX's as I see it does not benefit extremely from it - Alternator, crank, a/c at most I believe.

The things u read on harmonic balancing problems and so forth I cannot verify myself as it did not happen to me (I had it on for about6 mos) but I rather not take the risk to find out. IMO, not worth it for the extra 5whp of freed up power.

 

I guess I can see your point, but the throttle response is noticably better & w/ all teh stuff done to everyone's car such as NO2 & boost, high cr, etc. I really don't see why anyone would fear a pulley?

 

do a complete bottom end balance with pulley, clutch, flywheel etc. and the harmonics should not be severely disturbed...