I thought I'd share a source to obtain this belt. My belt broke and I searched a lot of places to find one on short notice. This belt is an industrial belt, which is why it's not common in an auto parts store. None in my area had one.

Using the Gates distributor search, I found a national company with many local offices that has them for a good price. www.motionindustries.com You can order it online for $25.98, but I called the local office and got a price of $20.42 and I can get it tomorrow. Regardless, it's still cheaper than the $39 price of the belt from www.superchargersonline.com and their overnight shipping of about $60.

I don't know what Vortech charges for the belt, but it has to be more than $21.

 

How many miles/months did you get out of the original?

 

I bought the kit used. The belt was at least 3 years old. I'm not sure of the mileage. The belt tensioner was all the way down.

 

Sean,

you are lucky that the belt broke on the dyno.

Be prepared, I used to always keep extra belts in my trunk on my supercharged cars. I had a belt or 2 go bad back in the day.

keep extra belts, (serpentines, too) and the necessary tools to complete the job while on the roadside.

 

Good advice, Andrew. I'm ordering two cog belts and I may get another Gates serpentine belt from NAPA.

 

wow they break that easily? i guess i should get some more too. U can order from napa too

 

I'm not sure about the cog belts, but I had serpentines go on me. I used to keep one full length belt for everything, and then, I kept a short belt for bypassing the blower is their were to be a bearing failure. (I had idler pulley bearings fail on me.)

At the track, I have seen hard croe race blower snap cog belts on a regular basis.

 

the only good thing about the cog belt breaking is that the car will still run just fine, just a lot slower and quieter

 

I found another source in the southeast that has them for $12.38. http://www.powerandpumps.com/company/locations.htm They also ship anywhere. I spoke with Wally - 813-621-8071 x4521

 

damn sean, soon people will be paying you to just take them...

 

Thanks for the links Gilley . I can look for my other cog belts on it .

 

That would be OK with me. It's certainly a lot less than the $39 price online at other places.

Booger, I'm very interested in your new cog belt project. Keep us updated. It would be nice to have no belt slip.

BTW, the cog belts are on Gates' industrial power transmission site.

 

Is the part number posted in the first post for the 3.33 pulley or the 3.12 pulley?

 

I thought it was for the Cog belt.....all the same.

 

yup, cog belt is the one around the two pulleys on the other side of the bracket closest to the intake piping...



93 inch belt for 3.12 pulley and 93.5 for the 3.33 belt, both 6 rib is the other belt