WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215

[hoffbug]

Longshot of all longshots..

 Im looking for the aluminum ribbed pulley set that D&D USED to sell. Long story short they arent currently making any more and they are out of stock.. Got a set you'd like to sell? Let me know.. Aftre years of collecting parts my  Pontiac Astre with Olds 215 project is moving along...

[hoffbug]

still looking.

[roverman]

Tony, Have you considered the "late" oem Buick V6 serpentine parts ?  Your results "may" vary... Cheers, roverman.

[hoffbug]

Art.. Ive looked into that.. The problem I run into is that the water pumps on a true serpentine setup are reverse flow and the pulleys are driven by the backside (non ribbed side) of the belt.. I need a ribbed pulley there as I just want to run a ribbed belt like a standard and use the alternator to tension. I have yet to look into whether a Chevy or other pulley would work on a Buick water pump.

[BlownMGB-V8]

Pulleys are not hard to make if you have access to a lathe...

Jim

[roverman]

2 out of 3, ain't bad. OK buy oem on all but water pump. Make (1) pulley or adapt from Chev/etc. ?

[hoffbug]

Im going to check and see how a pulley from a "long" SBC water pump compares to a Buick 300 water pump pulley.. Im guessing they are both about 2".. If the holes line up I might be in business.. If I figure all of this out Ill post what worked.

Engine assembly is in progress finally.. Just the Olds 215 to start with... Since the car really isnt British I havent posted much about it here.. But you can look at some of the progress by clicking the link below.

http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum/bangshift/project-cars-update/955821-the-disastre-project

[hoffbug]

I went and looked through all options that would work with my swap and the only combination i came up with that could possibly work would spin the pump at 133% of crankshaft speed.. ( stock Buick 300 is 85%).. The Aluminum V-8 in a Vega is a tight swap from the pump to the radiator. so stock Buick V-6 stuff wont work...

I could machine those old March pulley as mentioned above but will that much increase in water pump speed be an issue/ There wont be a fan mounted so i wouldnt have to worry about blades flying loose..

[BlownMGB-V8]

Tony, it really depends on whether you plan to run it up to redline or operate at high rpm for extended periods. If not, I wouldn't worry about it.

Jim