Lightweight pulley has convinced me

[Plays_with_Toys]

Some people ordered the mr josh lightweight pulley not long ago and were not impressed by the results. I would like to post the fact that I AM impressed with a lightweight crank pulley.

Install took me about 30 minutes because I had to take out one of the radiator fans.

The results were instantaneous before I even left where I was parked. While alot of people said the pulley increased vibration felt by the driver, it decreased my shifter wobble substantially. Leaving the parking spot the first 2000 RPMs always felt kind of bogged down. Not anymore. Also, with a manual tranny, as soon as you backed off the throttle abruptly the car tends to buck. With the lighter pulley it bucks alot less. The throttle feels snappier especially in the 3000rpm sweet spot. Not alot faster, just down low it is more responsive. Downshifts receive quicker rev ups and that makes heel toes easier.

One of my favorite (and cheapest mods) yet. $30 and 30 min. Fantastic.

[ooberdoob]

where'd you get yours and how much?

[Reason]

I try telling people it's not a bad mod.

[Plays_with_Toys]

I bought mine from the korean with a set of JDM sidemarkers for a total of $65

[d1giPhux]

Dammit, dont be telling people its $30 MOD!! :lol: *wants a lightweight pulley*. Back when i had my other 99 LGT LTD, I installed a perrin lightweight pulley.. and they are definitely worth the money! +1 on this mod!

[GrassyKnoll]

The lightweight underdrive that I had helped even more. Very noticable gains. However, you sacrifice non-dimming lights :-?

[Plays_with_Toys]

You can pickup used ones for $50 every now and again. It was a very easy install. If it's your first time pulling the pulley off you may need to unplug your coil and then blip the starter while you have a breaker bar and extension against the ground to break the bolt loose.

Back when I did my timing belt I had to. This time around I got it loose by hand.

[LeggoMyLeggy]

Hmmm...sounds like something I might have to try. Are there any particular pulleys you guys recommend to get or stay away from?

/Leggo

[d1giPhux]

Hmmm...sounds like something I might have to try. Are there any particular pulleys you guys recommend to get or stay away from?

/Leggo

I had the perrin one.. and it was AWESOME. Very good quality material, cool pattern, and it worked awesome! Came with great instructions too. I would suggest against blip'ping the starter, as a n00b might break something.. i dont think id even want to do it really.. the thought kinda scares me. Id rather just muscle the beast off.. when i did mine.. it wasnt really too hard to take off anyways.. i sprayed some PB blaster on it as well before hand.

[LeggoMyLeggy]

Did a search, here on the forums, and found lots of previous post on this topic. I will probably go for the Perrin.

It seems that there are a bunch of folks here with it. Last year, about this time, Belladonna got one for a birthday present. Btw, happy birthday again!

Anyone have a Perrin up for sale?

/Leggo

[Reason]

I liked my Perrin pulley, I have one but it's fucked up.

[Huffer]

I have a GFB lightweight pulley. It's aight. Didn't notice much difference really.

But I saved about 3lbs off the front end.

[Plays_with_Toys]

There was a discussion on awdpirates not too long ago. Most people have done the starter method. I've used it twice. Just unplug the coil pack, make sure your breaker bar and extension are resting on the ground and the socket is all the way on. Your literally using the starter for a fraction of a second. With the coil pack unplugged, your motor won't start anyway.

With older clutches the 5th gear on the brakes method doesn't work very easily. With auto trannies you can pop off a cover and lock the whole pressure plate assembly in place.

[d1giPhux]

There was a discussion on awdpirates not too long ago. Most people have done the starter method. I've used it twice. Just unplug the coil pack, make sure your breaker bar and extension are resting on the ground and the socket is all the way on. Your literally using the starter for a fraction of a second. With the coil pack unplugged, your motor won't start anyway.

With older clutches the 5th gear on the brakes method doesn't work very easily. With auto trannies you can pop off a cover and lock the whole pressure plate assembly in place.

Yea, i know people who have done this as well.. im just saying for n00b sake.. might not be a good idea.. but it does work. Ive also heard of people breaking stuff doing it wrong. I might try it the next time i do it.. but eh, i might just muscle it off again.

[ivwarrior]

There was a discussion on awdpirates not too long ago. Most people have done the starter method. I've used it twice. Just unplug the coil pack, make sure your breaker bar and extension are resting on the ground and the socket is all the way on. Your literally using the starter for a fraction of a second. With the coil pack unplugged, your motor won't start anyway.

With older clutches the 5th gear on the brakes method doesn't work very easily. With auto trannies you can pop off a cover and lock the whole pressure plate assembly in place.

Yea, i know people who have done this as well.. im just saying for n00b sake.. might not be a good idea.. but it does work. Ive also heard of people breaking stuff doing it wrong.

Yeah, if you don't have the breaker bar sitting on the correct side, when you bump the starter, it'll go flying......

[warrior]

I'm tempted to do this but I'm going to go with a lightweight flywheel instead once I drop in a new clutch/pressure plate late spring.. I've read that it's not smart to do both, its one or the other....