Ok lets cover the U/D pulley situation, decided to fit it today and it was going sweet as a nut until reassembly, got the U/d off danny at dta(aka smithys) and on fitting found that the tolerances for the woodruff key on the crank were too tight on the pulley side, the key would not fit in the pulley, was a pain in the ass really as I was working at the side of the road didn't have any files and couldn't get the pulley on( before you say it I am used to woodruff keys as they use them on sea king tail gearboxes, I checked the key off the car on the pulley and the fit on pulley side was too small), I ended up using some sandpaper on a flat surface and slightly removing a bit of the key to get it to fit which isn't a perfect solution( will mail you danny if you are reading this as I was cursing the idiot on the cnc who machined this one), Once fitted and running was impressed with the way the car revs and pulls in the gears now, dyno will show the results in 2 weeks.

 

Meguiars Vs Zymol

 

From the start I will say that Zymol has a deeper finish and works with faded paint better than meguiars, unfortunately meguiars still wins the competition though, the reason for this is that Zymol leaves a white powder residue on polishing off and is also harder than meguiars to polish off, the difference in finish between the two is minimal but that extra work and the powder from zymol lost it this competition.

Ok lets cover the U/D pulley situation, decided to fit it today and it was going sweet as a nut until reassembly, got the U/d off danny at dta(aka smithys) and on fitting found that the tolerances for the woodruff key on the crank were too tight on the pulley side, the key would not fit in the pulley, was a pain in the ass really as I was working at the side of the road didn't have any files and couldn't get the pulley on( before you say it I am used to woodruff keys as they use them on sea king tail gearboxes, I checked the key off the car on the pulley and the fit on pulley side was too small), I ended up using some sandpaper on a flat surface and slightly removing a bit of the key to get it to fit which isn't a perfect solution( will mail you danny if you are reading this as I was cursing the idiot on the cnc who machined this one), Once fitted and running was impressed with the way the car revs and pulls in the gears now, dyno will show the results in 2 weeks.

 

Meguiars Vs Zymol

 

From the start I will say that Zymol has a deeper finish and works with faded paint better than meguiars, unfortunately meguiars still wins the competition though, the reason for this is that Zymol leaves a white powder residue on polishing off and is also harder than meguiars to polish off, the difference in finish between the two is minimal but that extra work and the powder from zymol lost it this competition.

thanks for update,ile be ready with the file when i do mine :)

what size belts did you use mate?

Zymol top end stuff craps on Meguars (Zymol's top polish is an astounding £6,000 for a tub).

 

If you're spending under £100 I don't think there's a huge difference.

Was it an Unorthodox pulley, not had a problem with the woodruf key in them before...but the Ebay jobbies are notorius for it.

normally the sgp ones are a pain, had to file the rut out slightly on a couple before the woodruff key would sit home, you should also make the key sit like a wedge, seen a few times where people have whizzed the 27mm bolt on and the key has not gone home properly, causing either damage to the cutout on the crank or worse the pulley working loose!

yeah it was a sgp one , the cutout was just too damned small, yeah when finally fitted got it to sit wedge in and you can feel a little give as it slides in the rut so you know it seated properly.Belts were the ones from smithys and were spot on size wise not much tightening needed at all.

yeah it was a sgp one , the cutout was just too damned small, yeah when finally fitted got it to sit wedge in and you can feel a little give as it slides in the rut so you know it seated properly.Belts were the ones from smithys and were spot on size wise not much tightening needed at all.

sgp is fine it has the timing marks on

 

however the unorthodox ones are mint. Cant often fault smithy for service second to none :)

I'm sorry you had problems with the SGP pulley - it was the first (and only) one to date which I've sent out after taking over from Smithy. As such I wasn't aware of any fitment problems with them otherwise I would have either advised you of the problem or offered the Unorthodox U/D pulley as an alternative. Glad to hear you got it fitted in the end and that the belts were spot-on.

 

Dan

Do you have the sizes or part number of the belts handy mate?

sorry bud threw the packaging away...oops

i just use 100% pure cannuba wax now but mcquires is good and easy to use and have used it for the past 18 months

Zymol top end stuff craps on Meguars (Zymol's top polish is an astounding £6,000 for a tub).

 

If you're spending under £100 I don't think there's a huge difference.

 

Zymol Royale gets you more like a license though, £7000 for a tub but that gets you free re-fills for ever.

Do you have the sizes or part number of the belts handy mate?

 

Need to know whether you car is:

 

JDM/UK

TT/NA

U/D pulley or stock

Year

 

I have stock of all belts so can help with that as well.

 

Cheers,

 

Dan

group buy on a tub that never runs out?

Dan, my car is a 93 Jap TT with U/D pulley.

Cheers.

Dan, my car is a 93 Jap TT with U/D pulley.

Cheers.

 

 

Have sent you a PM.

 

Can do you a full set of belts for £26 delivered which is roughly 1/2 the price of when ordering through Nissan.

 

Please let me know if I can help.

 

Regards,

 

Dan

Thanks a lot Dan.