I did an experiment today. Since I have a pile of chewed up 8-rib belts, I took one and cut two ribs off leaving me with 6 remaining ribs (for the math challenged). I installed the belt two ribs off on the front of the balancer and normal position on the supercharger and tensioner pulleys to see what would happen.
Took it out for a little test drive, hit 4K RPM's a couple of times which is usually enough to shred the belt. Got home and the belt moved back towards the front by one rib position but did not shred. This is what I was hopping for, I was hoping the balancer wasn't causing the belt to jump.
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