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I occasionally see photo's of elan twinks with poly v belt pulleys for water pump/alternator and crank pulley -yet I cant find any suppliers. does anyone know where to purchase high quality items of this type??

Mike,
Can't help you with the poly v belt drive. I have fitted a toothed belt drive (Gilmer drive) kit from Burton Power in the UK. I run the belt quite loose, and the side load on the water pump is minimal. The kit includes three pulleys and the belt.
http://www.burtonpower.com/water-pump-p ... p225k.html
Cheers,
Colin.

mike in grimston wrote:I occasionally see photo's of elan twinks with poly v belt pulleys for water pump/alternator and crank pulley -yet I cant find any suppliers. does anyone know where to purchase high quality items of this type??

Welcome Mike, which Grimston are you in?

The kit from Burton Power looks interesting but it look like it only connects the crank to the water pump, what about the alternator?

Thanks,
Mr.Gale

Ah Mr Gale,
Well spotted.
This is the actual item I have: FP225DK. Doesn't actually say it is for the TC, but fits and has been fine for the past 6 years.
http://www.burtonpower.com/water-pump-a ... 225dk.html
http://www.burtonpower.com/parts-by-cat ... s.html?p=5
This kit is for an alternator shaft size of 15mm. There is also a kit for 17mm alt' shaft size.
Cheers,
Colin.

Mr.Gale wrote:The kit from Burton Power looks interesting but it look like it only connects the crank to the water pump, what about the alternator?

Thanks,
Mr.Gale

fatboyoz wrote:This is the actual item I have: FP225DK. Doesn't actually say it is for the TC, but fits and has been fine for the past 6 years.
http://www.burtonpower.com/water-pump-a ... 225dk.html
http://www.burtonpower.com/parts-by-cat ... s.html?p=5
This kit is for an alternator shaft size of 15mm. There is also a kit for 17mm alt' shaft size.
Cheers,
Colin.

As shown above the x-flow kit works with a Twin Cam. So going with that is it possible that this poly v kit that also is for an x-flow would work with a Twin Cam?
http://www.burtonpower.com/poly-v-kit-water-pump-alternator-drive-x-flow-711m-fp315k.html

As a slight aside has anyone come across this front end drive arrangement before or is it most likely a home brew of parts?

Cheers,
Simon

Although it is not on their website Paul Matty do a kit. 3 pulleys and the belt. Talk to Sam.

Europatc wrote:Welcome Mike, which Grimston are you in?

Not Yorkshire, but Norfolk!

sure I got mine from qed nice kit but as engine not run yet I can only assume should the job do very well curly