Pulley group buy is over, what next?

[Hatchbackhilbilly]

any ideas on where i can find a bypass pulley?

[petrified.rabbit]

i am not sure there is a pulley added, i think its just a shorter belt (is on my 09)

[Weirdo_Joe]

Oh, hey! Rabbit! Taking out power steering... that's something else I've thought about doing! Those are some decent gains! Um... Just wanted to say that. I intend to figure out whether my car has it or not, first.

[XJCasper]

Oh, hey! Rabbit! Taking out power steering... that's something else I've thought about doing! Those are some decent gains! Um... Just wanted to say that. I intend to figure out whether my car has it or not, first.

I would believe that our cars do have power steering. But then again, I never really paid attention.
Anyway, is there that much to be gained in removing the power steering? If your addiction to power is this bad, work towards turbo.

[Weirdo_Joe]

HaHa! I'm already on it! I asked someone earlier what they spent on their setup! This car's my new "hobby"... I say that being a lot more knowledgeable on the subject of addiction(s) than cars! I am curious about what all can be done, and how much difference it makes!

[Daox]

any ideas on where i can find a bypass pulley?

I think I might have one of these off my junked engine. PM me if you're interested.

[petrified.rabbit]

I would believe that our cars do have power steering. But then again, I never really paid attention.
Anyway, is there that much to be gained in removing the power steering? If your addiction to power is this bad, work towards turbo.

i always feel like i am saying this, why not do both? :P
less power loss from not have power steering, and a turbo for more power

i have been thinking about if i take the pulley off, and cant run the ac because of that, i could use the power steering pulley on a Mini cooper supercharger, and mount it in the power steering position. I would still need all the other stuff, but the belts would be figured out. and i think the pulley might be an acceptable size for the speed. (or too big, so mount it higher with stock pulley)

[dpawl31]

If you are talking about an A/C bypass I have one on the used motor I am installing which will have my a/c so I won't need it. If Daox doesn't have it PM me.

[Weirdo_Joe]

This is just a theory I've been going over, since reading about the grounding kit; while maybe having little or no impact on an unmodified aveo, is this a time when they'd come into play even more? If you are trying to run the accessories on a bare minimum of power? Like, would one of those make the demands of the underdrive pulley even less? Just wondering... interesting stuff!

[northguest47]

i haven't read about the grounding kit yet but i really like this power steering bypass idea - what about bypassing/removing the pump and swapping a smaller pinion gear so we can still parallel park?