serpentine vs single groove v-belt

...and this means...
are you implying that V-belts... won't function

...JFF...

 

nope ... saying that serpentines work better

Good Morning! ... have some more coffee Frank ...

PS ... I will probably be keeping my V-Belts a long time ... I want my car
to look "very factory", while not necessarily 100% original, if that makes sense.
I might budge on a few items like a Taurus fan. But I think serpentine belts
might look out of place on my car.

 

i'm a 1 cup kinda guy...but thanks anyway.:Handshake

do you have any STATS to back this statement or is this your opinion?

...Frank...

 

With just the crank, water pump and alternator a serpentine would look out of place IMO. It wouldn't really snake around anything. I like v belts. I even carry a couple extra in the trunk for fun.

 

I used a serpentine style belt on my Falcon using nothing but junkyard pulleys. I used a fox body 5.0 crank pulley, 5.0 crown vic water pump pulley (there are actually 2 sizes, around 1990 they got a hair smaller, either will work), and a 3g alternator. If youre not using a 3g alternator, you should be able to just use any ribbed pulley in place of the v-groove pulley. All told including the 3g alternator I think I spent about $30 on it from my local junk yard.

This picture makes my car look downright hacked, when actually that was far from the case. lol

 

ive got an eletric water pump so i just have two pullys. the serp. belt is the only way to go in my book.

 

im leaning more to the v-belt for old school look but i will always have the serp pullys if i want to change them .but i still have a little time before my final decision.
P.S. thanks for all the input

 

old folks im not that old 42 on sunday but i guess it was the way i was raised OLD SCHOOL. you know david us old folks can still teach you younguns a thing or two J/K

 

No Frank,

I don't have specific stats, but the greatly increased surface area of a serpentine belt has to be significant and I have seen them go many, many more miles than a V-belt, so calling it merely my opinion is pretty weak.

Any new cars still come with V-belts? ... none that I can think of ... must be a pretty good reason for that. I haven't had a car with a sepentine belt that squealed except for the one time when I had an alternator completely lock up and stop turning.

 

good point...if you would have had V-belts...you could have cut that belt and kept on driving. same if an A/C/power steering or power brake belt broke or they locked up...

 

I have an electric waterpump...A/C and 2 V-belts...

 

im probably goin 1 v belt for everything if i can then get an electric water pump when i get the money

 

...and what will...everything...be?

......

 

everything is well water pump and altenator and of cours crank. no power stearing or ac.

 

if you go with the electric waterpump/fan then your setup could be just 1 short V- belt...that would be neat and clean looking...