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save the money and buy a shorter belt and bypass it.
__________________ Terry Kennedy
88 IROC, 10pt cage, Chassis engineering subframe connectors, BMR trak pac torque arm, Pa Racing mild steel tubular k-member, PA Racing tubular chromoly front control arms, Sphon front and rear coilover's, Pavlock Performance lca's and panhard bar
I didnt have any problems have done it on 5 or 6 different cars
__________________ Terry Kennedy
88 IROC, 10pt cage, Chassis engineering subframe connectors, BMR trak pac torque arm, Pa Racing mild steel tubular k-member, PA Racing tubular chromoly front control arms, Sphon front and rear coilover's, Pavlock Performance lca's and panhard bar
Actually on my Camaro, I took the pump off and just rerouted it and I didn't havta change the belt at all, now i dont know if the previous owner had a smaller belt on for some reason but i used the same belt
Here a pic of how to reroute the belt compared to a stock setup, just ignore the bottom setup.
You cant go shorter you have to go with a longer belt otherwise it wont work. I have it done to my car, the belt is nice and tight with no vibration or wobbling even with the engine revving @ 5k down the track. Read the thread posted above, it even says go longer.
__________________ 1988 Trans Am 138,340 miles,(The Project- 357 swapped bored ."40 Carb'd/ Built TH700 R4 w/ Hooker Super Comp headers, Holley 750 DP Mechanical Sec., 98' Vortec 062 Heads Ported and Polished, 7/16" studs, Comp Cam 1.6 Aluminum Roller Rockers, Comp Cam XE285 .508/.512 Lift 262/282 duration, Comp Cam Beehive springs, TCI StreetDemon 2400-2600 Stall, EdelBrock Performer ESP Vortec Intake Port Matched, Aluminum Under Drive pulleys, GM 3.73 gears, Custom True Dual and 3" Cutouts, MSD Ready to Run E-Curve Distributor/Ignition, Edelbrock open element w/ 5" K&N air filter, Redline 700R4 with B&M shift kit w/ Corvette Servo, Hotchkis Subframe Connectors, Nitto 555R Drag Radials) Other cars: 1999 Grand Prix GT, 1992 Camaro RS (roller)
Actually on my Camaro, I took the pump off and just rerouted it and I didn't havta change the belt at all, now i dont know if the previous owner had a smaller belt on for some reason but i used the same belt
Here a pic of how to reroute the belt compared to a stock setup, just ignore the bottom setup.
Why cant you remove the smog pump and run a shorter belt? The guy at mopac in edmonton told me that you can do that
You can, for the pulleys I bought I was told I might have to buy a smaller belt but I didn't have to. My friend put a set on his bird and he did, you jus havta reroute the belt and see how much tension it has in it.
Other cars: 1999 Grand Prix GT, 1992 Camaro RS (roller) 
