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2014-05-09 03:00:53
#11
Is the outer ring held on only by the rubber, or is there any fancy stuff inside of it?
Since I have converted to a single-belt setup, I thought about removing the outer ring, by somehow cutting through or burning out the rubber.
2014-05-09 03:10:00
#12
Originally Posted by Storm88000
This happens famously in the DE as well.

It happened to me in my 97 SE-R w/ DE and stock pulley. Driving down the road I hear a buncha noise under the hood, then it stops and I look behind me and see the outer portion of the crank pulley rolling down the road. Got a G-Spec underdrive which is 1 piece and never looked back.

perhaps you should consider a G-Spec too. gain maybe 1HP and lose a bit of weight. OEM VE crank pulleys are not easy to come by.


This almost happened to me when my a/c compressor completely locked up without warning, the outer ring was halfway off and the rubber all burned. I got a used DE pulley here on the forum.
2014-05-09 05:53:39
#13
Originally Posted by KillerKrossover
Your case is an extreme. Where the outer pulley is rolling down the road, wow.

With my bad pulley, I even intentionally tried to separate the two halves with a hammer. It was a no go. Outward appearance was normal. The rubber section didn't show any sign of dry rot, cracks or anything. I caught the misalignment when trying to put the engine at tdc to set the cam timing.

As to the running a light one piece aluminum crank pulley, I wouldn't recomend it. One of our crew member ran one and he ended up messing up his crank.

There are a bunch of theories about running a light weight aluminum pulley on the internet so I'll spare you mine. However, something to think about, the N1 and 20V, 20VET all run the heavier crank pulley than the 20VE. They all rev higher than the regular VE.


Why would u say that?
2014-05-09 06:29:43
#14
Originally Posted by THOR
Originally Posted by KillerKrossover
Your case is an extreme. Where the outer pulley is rolling down the road, wow.

With my bad pulley, I even intentionally tried to separate the two halves with a hammer. It was a no go. Outward appearance was normal. The rubber section didn't show any sign of dry rot, cracks or anything. I caught the misalignment when trying to put the engine at tdc to set the cam timing.

As to the running a light one piece aluminum crank pulley, I wouldn't recomend it. One of our crew member ran one and he ended up messing up his crank.

There are a bunch of theories about running a light weight aluminum pulley on the internet so I'll spare you mine. However, something to think about, the N1 and 20V, 20VET all run the heavier crank pulley than the 20VE. They all rev higher than the regular VE.


Why would u say that?


resonant frequencies may occur at those higher RPM.
2014-05-09 17:23:05
#15
Originally Posted by THOR
Originally Posted by KillerKrossover
Your case is an extreme. Where the outer pulley is rolling down the road, wow.

With my bad pulley, I even intentionally tried to separate the two halves with a hammer. It was a no go. Outward appearance was normal. The rubber section didn't show any sign of dry rot, cracks or anything. I caught the misalignment when trying to put the engine at tdc to set the cam timing.

As to the running a light one piece aluminum crank pulley, I wouldn't recomend it. One of our crew member ran one and he ended up messing up his crank.

There are a bunch of theories about running a light weight aluminum pulley on the internet so I'll spare you mine. However, something to think about, the N1 and 20V, 20VET all run the heavier crank pulley than the 20VE. They all rev higher than the regular VE.


Why would u say that?


is there any documented evidence that the pulleys have different weights from factory?
2014-05-09 17:25:44
#16
I have a brand new GTi-R crank pulley I can weigh if that would help out some?

I dislike an aluminum crank pulley on a four cylinder because the natural harmonics involved. ATI super damper or stock for me, please.

Water pump, power steering, any other pullies, I support being a lightweight or changing diameters to under or overdrive the particular accessory the owner of the car wants.
2014-05-09 18:19:40
#17
Originally Posted by Kyle
I have a brand new GTi-R crank pulley I can weigh if that would help out some?

I dislike an aluminum crank pulley on a four cylinder because the natural harmonics involved. ATI super damper or stock for me, please.

Water pump, power steering, any other pullies, I support being a lightweight or changing diameters to under or overdrive the particular accessory the owner of the car wants.


My gt xtrail n my pulsar pullies weighed the same based in holding them... If there's ounces out then I have no clue... I haven't had a reason to touch my primera but from looking it's the same design as the xtrail so I assume the weight may be the same....
Last edited by THOR on 2014-05-09 at 18-21-11.
2014-05-09 18:45:53
#18
Originally Posted by THOR
Originally Posted by KillerKrossover
Your case is an extreme. Where the outer pulley is rolling down the road, wow.

With my bad pulley, I even intentionally tried to separate the two halves with a hammer. It was a no go. Outward appearance was normal. The rubber section didn't show any sign of dry rot, cracks or anything. I caught the misalignment when trying to put the engine at tdc to set the cam timing.

As to the running a light one piece aluminum crank pulley, I wouldn't recomend it. One of our crew member ran one and he ended up messing up his crank.

There are a bunch of theories about running a light weight aluminum pulley on the internet so I'll spare you mine. However, something to think about, the N1 and 20V, 20VET all run the heavier crank pulley than the 20VE. They all rev higher than the regular VE.


Why would u say that?



The factory 20VE came with a CVT transmission and 7200 rpm rev limit, the sr16 N1 8000, 20v 7800.


Originally Posted by blo0d


is there any documented evidence that the pulleys have different weights from factory?


I thought the pics are self explanatory. You can see the inner pulley of the regulare 20VE is 4 spokes with hollow sections, while the 20V inner pulley is solid. Plus I held them in my hands, and it was not close. The 20v pulley is almost twice as heavy, but realistically it's one and half (1.5) pound more.

2014-05-09 19:27:25
#19
Are there any visual/diameter/weight differences between the N1 and 20V crank pulleys?
N1 - 123031N510
20V - 123038H600
Last edited by Matej on 2014-05-09 at 19-38-52.
2014-05-09 20:19:09
#20
Originally Posted by Kyle
ATI super damper or stock for me, please.


I concur.
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