HI guys throwing around ideas on the belt drive
Up for comment, thinking of doing something like this:
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq1mp51i
Why? To be different to the great work that others Like Joel on this forum have done, and secondly have a set up that can be introduced without engine removal.
In short its a set up like a serpentine belt, the difference being the tensioner is a double pulley with the second pulley driving the supercharger itself.
This allows the engine to be removed from the car without the additional obstruction that results from having an additional pulley sticking out 2" past the crank. (my speedsetr replica has even less space than a stock beetle!)
This also allows the changing of boost by changing the tensioner pulley without removal of the engine to gain access to the main crankbolt.
You can use the standard generator washers to establish tension on the generator side allowing the "tensioner" to have a single plane of adjustment for the superchager side (may not need that additional tensioner on the SC belt).
Hope I described it ok.. Joel & Greedy any comments?
PS Greedy I see your set up is great and works but I do not want to cut the shroud in 1/2 yet...
Comments will be appreciated.