Serpentine belt swap from V belt

[flwatersaver]

I have a 91 and would like to swap out to the serpentine belt. I have a 220 amp alternator and the V-belt does not hold.
I went to the junk yard and got the pulleys from a aspire. But i was unaware of the different crankshaft snout size.

[flwatersaver]

After looking at the festiva, did i need to get the timing gear too?

[shadetree]

If you have small nose crank engine then there is not much you can do but sand the shinny of the original pulley and put it back on . Im yet to find another that fits . But good luck

[flwatersaver]

well that sucks.... This is my plan.
I need to mill out the inner crank pulley flange and broach it to the right size keyway. This way it will fit on the timing belt gear. Then i may have to shim it. But other than that i don't see why it won't work.
I take it no one has done this.

[Rocketman]

There's no serp belt pulley available for the small nose engine. I'm pretty sure I've seen someone convert a large nose pulley to work on a small nose engine before, I believe it does need shimming, I'm not sure how much though. You may be able to make a simple adapter if the shim has to be thick enough.

You're right though, not too many people have done it