Sure, I'll take some FI to go with all my N/A mods

[BaylorCamaro]

So after work I took another look and found that one of the screws stripped in two. This is the second time that this has happened now.





Also here are more pictures. As you can see the bracket has VERY crude cuts.





You guys like the hearts in that last picture? I just noticed that..... lol
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[Macrackie]

Not sure how the bracket attachs to the block but looks like it is hanging out the a ways. Hope to engine block mounting points are strong. I would hate to see you beef this part up only to snap something off the block.

[BaylorCamaro]

Originally Posted by Macrackie

Not sure how the bracket attachs to the block but looks like it is hanging out the a ways. Hope to engine block mounting points are strong. I would hate to see you beef this part up only to snap something off the block.

I'll see if I can check out the bracket but I don't think there is much I can do about that..

So here is the full piece of the tensioner bracket that catastrophicly failed.





As you can see it looks like it was just placed in a blender. Machined very poorly

Also I just ordered 316 stainless steel to make these new brackets. Should be much much stronger than necessary but I am sick of this. Lol.

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[V6owner]

My adjuster is 1/4

[BaylorCamaro]

Adjuster is only a 1/4" and it is bent a little bit so you can see a lot of stress was put on it. I'm replacing it with stainless steel. Shouldn't have an issue once I do that.

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[JBruno88]

Off topic, but did you get your drive shaft correctly measured?

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[BaylorCamaro]

Matt has the correct measurements, it's being machined now.

[Matt @ FSP]

Originally Posted by SC2150

Yes. We had both V8 & V6 shafts here and set them up to get accurate measurements for them.

The front half of the V8 is differnt from the V6, the rear is the same length.

Incorrect.. I just asked you for the V8 stock vs. V6 stock measurements which you reported collapsed were 54" for V6 and 51.5" for V8. I was just asking you after the shaft was made for some measurements to compare with some other misinformation here on the boards.

The actual 1pc shaft, I measured it incorrectly the first time around (Don't know how but I missed 1.5" on the 1pc shaft), and Jason from Phastek actually gave us the correct measurement of 59.5".

Thank you both for your information in this.

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Originally Posted by BaylorCamaro

Matt has the correct measurements, it's being machined now.

Originally Posted by Matt @ FSP

Incorrect.. I just asked you for the V8 stock vs. V6 stock measurements which you reported collapsed were 54" for V6 and 51.5" for V8. I was just asking you after the shaft was made for some measurements to compare with some other misinformation here on the boards.

The actual 1pc shaft, I measured it incorrectly the first time around (Don't know how but I missed 1.5" on the 1pc shaft), and Jason from Phastek actually gave us the correct measurement of 59.5".

Thank you both for your information in this.

Great info guys. When you are done getting it machined can you post the weights of the current two-piece solution and the new single for comparison purposes?

[BaylorCamaro]

Yeah. I imagine it will be very similar in weight to the other 1 piece shafts that they make. If so the alum shaft weights 2 lbs less. Not that big of a difference but one thing you have to remember is it is a 1 piece and is more efficient.

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[BaylorCamaro]

Shop at work has been backed up for the past two weeks. Good for business not good for my situation. Here are the pictures of my new bracket with the old broken one. It is made out of 316 stainless steel 1:1 scale as the broken bracket that came with the system. To ensure there are no stress risers anywhere in the piece, it was smoothed out with a grinder and then machine polished. The pictures do not do it justice, it has a mirrored finished almost. The guy that has been doing our polishing and grinding has been doing it over a decade. Only took him about 15 mins to polish it like that.













I have however run into yet another issue. The metal pulley on the tensioner is eating up the belt. I noticed this a couple months ago but it wasnt anything major, I could just tell one side of the belt was fraying and being eaten. Well today I talked to J-Rod6410 (Jamie) who did the install for v6owner and KMAGRIZZ apparently he saw the same issue with KMAGRIZZ's set up and had to switch to a plastic pulley rather than metal. However v6owner never had this issue. Very strange. Stay tuned for more details.

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[scrming]

wow, that's a mighty fine, shiny piece there!!!

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Looking good.

[Macrackie]

Originally Posted by BaylorCamaro

Shop at work has been backed up for the past two weeks. Good for business not good for my situation. Here are the pictures of my new bracket with the old broken one. It is made out of 316 stainless steel 1:1 scale as the broken bracket that came with the system. To ensure there are no stress risers anywhere in the piece, it was smoothed out with a grinder and then machine polished. The pictures do not do it justice, it has a mirrored finished almost. The guy that has been doing our polishing and grinding has been doing it over a decade. Only took him about 15 mins to polish it like that.

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I have however run into yet another issue. The metal pulley on the tensioner is eating up the belt. I noticed this a couple months ago but it wasnt anything major, I could just tell one side of the belt was fraying and being eaten. Well today I talked to J-Rod6410 (Jamie) who did the install for v6owner and KMAGRIZZ apparently he saw the same issue with KMAGRIZZ's set up and had to switch to a plastic pulley rather than metal. However v6owner never had this issue. Very strange. Stay tuned for more details.

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Now to remake all of the brackets under the hood to look that good. Nice work on the part. I am getting ready to turn over some mock up parts I made for the bike this weekend to my machinest. Hope they come back looking like that. I will be happy happy.