anyone got a new belt tensioner on the shelf please 04 cv8

[delmeekc]

got to wait 1 week to 3 months from vauxhall's which aint that clever. Belt slips as the old one aint got too much springieness left in it.

[stevieturbo]

Get a Katech manual adjuster.

If they have it in stock, you should have it within a week.

http://www.katechengines.com/street_performance/en...


plus they look nice

Edited by stevieturbo on Tuesday 19th June 23:14

[Boosted LS1]

I've got new tensioners here. Is it the same as an F body camaro? I need to know the offset from the block to say the first rib.

Boosted.

[delmeekc]

it says "*Not recommend for use on supercharged engines unless the supercharger has a dedicated drive" would this be a problem? SC runs from a pulley fixed to the power steering pulley on a seperate belt??

[stevieturbo]

delmeekc said:

it says "*Not recommend for use on supercharged engines unless the supercharger has a dedicated drive" would this be a problem? SC runs from a pulley fixed to the power steering pulley on a seperate belt??

Not sure why they say that, as I cant see why it would pose a problem.

But if your setup runs off the PAS, then it probably would fall into that category, although they actualy mean the blower being driven directly off the same belt.


I run manual tensioners on my accessory belt drive ( Katech ) and my supercharger drive ( dedicated drive )

But I can see the appeal of an automatic, when they work properly.

I would say they are the same for GTO/Monaro, and the Camaro.

[delmeekc]

it's ok now, cheers, Mark at Rapid will have it at the end of next week. I can live with 480 ponies for a week. Now just need to do some saving for the next stage