hey
ive seen them before on a mini but still cant find out where to get them. i drove in a rx7 s3 today with a guy who had one on and you could hear this thing wheeering away, are they unreliable or snap easy, extra stress on the brearings for w'pump or alt.

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so the a series will also suit the rx7

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I personal don;t know of one on a Mini...But can't see why you would not have a trouble with it. It say its just cash for the sound thou ow and the bling that you wouldn't not see much of

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I've seen this car, at the ewvent the photos were taken at, appart form the track shot. I've not heard anything about it since but I bet it would go hard (and sound awesome ).

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

so what does this thing do?

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

A Gilmer drive is a wide toothed belt that is used in place of the v-belt to drive the alternator and water pump. It comes with special pulleys and generally won't fit on a Mini but may fit a Clubman.

The idea of fitting a toothed belt is a good one as it should be more efficient than a v-belt. The trouble with the Gilmer is that is it really too wide and probably loses any efficiency advantage.

The other problem is that most people fit a Gilmer drive to get the sound of a blower. To do this you must really tighten the belt, this destroys bearings in the alternator & water pump, the first to go will be the alternator generally.

There are of course proper toothed belts available for the Mini, I have one fitted from Mini Spares. This doesn't make any noise (as far as I can tell, mind you everything else is pretty noisy) and relatively reliable. It only has a 12mm wide belt, most Gilmers are about 40mm or more.

Regards

Daniel

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my blower doesnt make any noise that i can discern
i guess the whine on the binis is just wank and bling

i guess it depends on how fast the blower is running so with a smaller pully and more boost it might whine more.

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Would look good, sound good and provide positive non-slip drive but what happens if you run a bearing in an alternator or a water pump (not unheard of!!) and either of them seizes or nips up....what happens to the belt??? (I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty )

But...if you are confident with the reliability of both items....well go for it

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When the SC'er on the rolla was going flat out at 11psi you could REALLY hear it. It would actually drown out the exhaust.

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My SC makes big whine noise when boosting up, I thought that was normal?

It sounds cool from outside the car, so I've been told. It's very noisy inside the car, along with the ram tube carby noise it drowns the exhaust out completely. I prefer the turbo spooling noise, but you get what you get. It's not about noise but about performance.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

By blower I meant ala 14/71 variety, not an oversize air pump that we use on Minis - Go and have a look at a top fuel dragster and you'll see what I mean. The following pic shows a slight helix in the tooth profile to make it stronger with unintentional benefit of less noise.



Daniel

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