70 Camaro - Boise, Idaho

[CJD Automotive]

Originally Posted by Goosesdad

The fear with some I've spoken to is the torque on the crank, bearings and the pulley with this hanging off the front.
Though some think it's no problem.
Appreciate opinions and any advice.

While it does stick out a good bit, remember there is no tension on a dry sump belt. The drive mandrel and spacers are aluminum, so don't weigh much, and small in diameter, so not much centrifugal force. Unless your spinning it 10,000 RPM, I wouldn't be too concerned. I'd probably be more concerned with belt protection on a street driver. Not sure if you have a belly pan under the nose/engine? if so, I'd still want some protection from top in case the serpentine belt cam off, or broke, so that it wouldn't knock the dry sump belt off. Maybe that's overkill, but I put a shroud on mine. Very least, set up an oil pressure safety that kills the engine, in the ecu.