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hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: December 25, 2014 11:58PM

Longshot of all longshots..

Im looking for the aluminum ribbed pulley set that D&D USED to sell. Long story short they arent currently making any more and they are out of stock.. Got a set you'd like to sell? Let me know.. Aftre years of collecting parts my Pontiac Astre with Olds 215 project is moving along...
Olds 215 ribbed pulley setup.jpg


hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: May 24, 2015 12:34PM

still looking.


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: roverman
Date: May 25, 2015 01:43PM

Tony, Have you considered the "late" oem Buick V6 serpentine parts ? Your results "may" vary... Cheers, roverman.


hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: June 08, 2015 10:21AM

Art.. Ive looked into that.. The problem I run into is that the water pumps on a true serpentine setup are reverse flow and the pulleys are driven by the backside (non ribbed side) of the belt.. I need a ribbed pulley there as I just want to run a ribbed belt like a standard and use the alternator to tension. I have yet to look into whether a Chevy or other pulley would work on a Buick water pump.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6468 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 08, 2015 12:01PM

Pulleys are not hard to make if you have access to a lathe...

Jim


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: roverman
Date: June 10, 2015 02:50PM

2 out of 3, ain't bad. OK buy oem on all but water pump. Make (1) pulley or adapt from Chev/etc. ?


hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: June 12, 2015 03:27AM

Im going to check and see how a pulley from a "long" SBC water pump compares to a Buick 300 water pump pulley.. Im guessing they are both about 2".. If the holes line up I might be in business.. If I figure all of this out Ill post what worked.

Engine assembly is in progress finally.. Just the Olds 215 to start with... Since the car really isnt British I havent posted much about it here.. But you can look at some of the progress by clicking the link below.

[www.bangshift.com]



hoffbug
Tony Hoffer
Minnesota
(323 posts)

Registered:
10/15/2007 05:25PM

Main British Car:
Olds 215 EFI

Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: hoffbug
Date: June 14, 2015 07:39PM

I went and looked through all options that would work with my swap and the only combination i came up with that could possibly work would spin the pump at 133% of crankshaft speed.. ( stock Buick 300 is 85%).. The Aluminum V-8 in a Vega is a tight swap from the pump to the radiator. so stock Buick V-6 stuff wont work...

I could machine those old March pulley as mentioned above but will that much increase in water pump speed be an issue/ There wont be a fan mounted so i wouldnt have to worry about blades flying loose..


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6468 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: WANTED... D&D Ribbed pulley setup for Olds 215
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 15, 2015 10:48AM

Tony, it really depends on whether you plan to run it up to redline or operate at high rpm for extended periods. If not, I wouldn't worry about it.

Jim


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