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Serpentine belts: What brand do you like and why?

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SinisterFootwear

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I've always had great experiences with Goodyear Gatorbacks, but they don't make them anymore and I've had no luck finding the right size online (05 GP GT 3800 N/A). Evidently Continental makes the gatorbacks now, and summit racing has some belts that look decent but on the pricey side, and it looks like AC Delco and Dayco are popular options. I don't care about price so much, just want the best for the money.

What brands do y'all like?
 


I got a cheapest belt, it lasted me 10-15k miles before it was making ALOT of noise, and looked like it was starting to crack. So i just threw a oem ac delco on it and 5k miles later no noise, the belt still looks brand new, pay the extra few bucks and get ac delco, unless you wanna change it again.
 
For serpentine belts, I always ran gatorbacks.

They weren't ever good for the superchargers, as they tended to slip from my experience.
 
blueguy said:
For serpentine belts, I always ran gatorbacks.

They weren't ever good for the superchargers, as they tended to slip from my experience.
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Any idea on where to find them? I checked amazon, but they don't have the correct size. Same with Summit Racing. Looks like inventory is depleted and Goodyear doesn't make them anymore. The googles turn up pretty much nothing.
 


i run gates or dayco

cheap ones stretch.

make sure you clean out your belt grooves regularly...and to keep crap out of em, make sure the side shields and lower cladding is intact and secured to keep em clean.

ive gotten good/lazy enough i can do it quite fast with the engine idling rofl
 
blueguy said:
For serpentine belts, I always ran gatorbacks.

They weren't ever good for the superchargers, as they tended to slip from my experience.
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They slip for you as well? I have a gatorback on my supercharger right now and it slips at higher speeds(from what I can tell, may slip at lower speeds as well)
What would you suggest as a replacement belt?
 


SinisterFootwear said:
Any idea on where to find them? I checked amazon, but they don't have the correct size. Same with Summit Racing. Looks like inventory is depleted and Goodyear doesn't make them anymore. The googles turn up pretty much nothing.
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Continental bought Goodyear or something, so they're a Continental belt now. Just search for Continental Gatorback Poly-V Belt. I got my Gatorback Serpentine belt from Hedahls - my brothers told me to get it so that's what I got, lol.
 


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