Hey hey,
I have an issue with my R32 power steering which I can't seem to work out. Engine setup is RB25/30 in a 32 using a RB25 power steering pump and an Atomic harmonic balancer. The balancer has 3 ribs for the p/s belt while the actual p/s pulley on the pump is a 4 rib. The problem I am having is the car always seems to kick the belt as soon as it comes onto boost and hits rev-limiter, wheather im applying lock or not the belt comes off and I can never find them again. I'm up to ~$130 in belts so far and none have stayed on for more than about 4 full boost stabs.
The harmonic balancer and power steering pulley all seem to be lined up correctly and the belt runs "true" and I have only had this problem since changing my turbo setup (bigger, more power)and am at a loss as to why it continues to happen. I have played around with tension and it seems as though the tighter I tension the belt the longer it will stay on however it's not even a full lap at QR (drifting). I cant seem to make it come off by free revving and I have run a sraight edge along the pulley and harmonic balancer and they line up perfectly.
The only thing I am thinking is that maybe a 3 rib power steering pulley may help me out as the belt won't have the extra room to move in a 3 rib pulley like it does with the standard 4 rib pulley. Although I am still at a loss to explain why this is happening now when it was perfectly fine before I changed my turbo setup and started making and additional ~140rwhp.
Anyone else have this problem? Any bright ideas cause I'm stumped!