Originally Posted by mrphotoman
the water pump pulley is part of the pulley set that is required to run the 181 and 185 pullies.
there are multiple threads with multiple people with failures.
so much so that all the bearings were replaced on the water pump pulley.
regardless, as with any mod the best thing to do is to do a few searches or scroll through the srt6 section and decide for yourself on which way to go.
there are a few good options out there and there are a couple of bad ones.
i never stick a part on my car without doing the research myself and finding out what is misinformation and what is truth.
just enjoy your car and have fun with it. that is what it is for.
as for the 11's with the code3, i do not think anyone has ran a 100 octane tune with it. the 178mm pulley does make a little more power from what it seems but the code3 is a great option too and is super easy to install. they are both good choices for these cars.
there is no need for this thread to turn into another which pulley is best opinion thread, lets just say that doing some research on here is the best thing to do
the w/p pulley is a solid piece with no bearing. The only difference in the asp and LET was metal vs aluminum, but let got that squared away as well. The bearing potential failure is the idler pulley bearing from higher rpms the 181 and 185 produced. So far I only know of one actual bearing failure that froze up. Just as the SC pulley had some problems in the beginning, it too could have been caused by install error.
I like the sc option and if I wanted to hit 11.5's then I'd look into tuning for the proper sized one in a combo situation. As for 11's with just the pulley on 110 octane, I don't think it's going to happen. Kudo's to the first who does, and I will be the first to congratulate. Even with -250 DA gator went 12.22 with stocks. That's with some nitrous in the air. 12.0's will be a challenge to meet.