Are pulley's really worth it?

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Originally posted by nonovurbizniz
spoognet...

there is generally a point where electric motors no longer produce enough juice and spining them like that puts more stress on them...

I don't know the exact effects on an alternator but on an actual electric motor if you under power it or run it under it's min. turn rate it can damage if not destroy it... (I think the copper that's all spooled up starts to burn itself but again I'm not possitive)...

My guess is that the min spin rate for a compressor would be pretty low, but it's just a guess because I don't know. And are you sure that they don't pump out much until 3-4k? My lights don't dim at 1k, but they do at 750....and on the highway, going 80, I'm only pulling 3k......in fact most of my driving is below 3k and I have yet to nuke the battery. I drive 2.5 miles each way to/from work every day of the week.....bad for the battery, but I haven't had any noticeable degradation of battery performance yet, implying my alternator works fine.....

reversion is when the pressure already in the system is higher....

That's what I suspected it meant, but wasn't sure. Thanks.

The time it takes for your transmission to shift is determined by the rpm and synchro design... shortening the distance your hand travels does not shorten the time it takes the tranny to shift...

It's more than possible to shift the civic tranny as fast (and faster) than the synchros allow with the stock shifter...

Short throw shifters are for feel an feel only.

Yeah, but it's also a fact that the shorter the distance to travel, the faster it can be done. So if you shift with your arm at speed X, you will shift the tranny faster with a short throw than with stock. You could call a short throw shifter a "slow man's shifter" or a "lazy man's shifter".....

So while it's true that shortening the distance it takes your hand to travel doesn't shorten the time it takes the tranny to shift, the basic assumption is that you're not moving your hand at the max speed the tranny can shift, so a short throw shifter makes the shift faster. Of course you've gotta get your leg moving at the right speed too to make it useful....

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