Possible Pulley Development by NonStopTuning?

Thank you guys for the warm welcome and the early response, ladies and gents!

While nothing has been finalized yet, I do want to address a few questions/comments and provide a little more info.

From what I can gather at looking at photos and specs online it looks like the most realistic options for both the 1.4T and the 1.8 would be a lightweight crankshaft pulley and a lightweight water pump pulley. Your alternator pulleys are both capped and that makes them very difficult to swap out... I don't want to waste a whole lot of time going back and forth on this, so just take my word for it for now. All NST pulleys are apx 70% lighter than OEM and in every case where we have tested we have found three main principles at work:

1. Better horsepower and torque delivery, as seen on our many online blog posts.
2. Better overall throttle response as noted by our many customers. You can check our online poll.
3. Better overall MPG, city + hwy combined, usually 1 to 2 mpg IF your driving habits are kept the same as before.

Looking at your cars I think if we end up with a product offering for you guys the results will be very similar to the 1.6 Veloster and Veloster Turbo. Pricing would likely be very similar as well. If we decide to move forward we will start with OEM parts, engineer from there, and ideally if possible, we'd like to do some testing with a local car in Houston, TX.

A couple links for you to check out, to further demonstrate my points from above...

Do Lightweight Aluminum Pulleys FREE Horsepower? | NonStopTuning

NonStopTuning Hyundai Veloster Turbo Lightweight Crank Pulley Dyno Testing | NonStopTuning

NonStopTuning Hyundai Veloster Pulley Dyno Testing | NonStopTuning

I will also copy/paste this same info to the original post for better organization.

Please keep the discussion going and I will chime in as often as possible.

Thank you!

ANOTHER QUICK UPDATE!

In response to the feedback we've received from you guys, I decided to do a little homework. Based on the very limited info I've received from Chevy parts, and a little bit of searching online, it looks to me like:

1.4T 2011 seems to have a six rib crank pulley
1.4T 2012-2015 seems to have a five rib crank pulley

1.8 2011 seems to have a five rib crank pulley
1.8 2012-2015 seems to have a six rib crank pulley

What I would love to have from a few of you guys is some real world feedback. Please pop your hood and take a look at your belts to see if the info I've received is correct. You can either count the number of ribs on your belt or your crank pulley and/or alternator pulley to confirm for me. Pics would be an awesome bonus.

Final note: My data is based on units with a/c systems. I assume none of you in the USA own cars without a/c, correct?
Final note II: If any of you are in the Houston area and would like to be considered for prototype testing, please email [email protected]
Please note: NO discussion of any kind, regarding prototype testing will be handled via the forums. You MUST email us if interested in testing.

Thank you all!

Talked to nst today. I'm kinda upset about the first part of their reply, but meh. They'll be willing to become paid vendors when they have a product to vend to us. But here's what they have thus far.


"Thank you for the interest and inquiry, we appreciate it.

It looks like NonStopTuning has been banned from cruzetalk.com for "advertising without being a vendor."

Perhaps you can pass this info along for us: we are working on lightweight pulley options for the Cruze and Sonic. This process is moving slower than initially anticipated, but it is moving along. We hope to have more specific info by the end of the year.

If anyone in the Houston area has a car available for testing we encourage them to email NST with info and photos of their cars.

Thank you.


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