Hoping someone has seen this before.

Retrofit and recharged the A/C. It's working great and the pressures are good. If I drive it hard and into the higher RPMs (Which I usually do) the belt either stretches or breaks. Usually after only a few times.
My last build, an 88 Camaro had a WOT (wide open throttle) cutout relay for the A/C. But I don't believe our fiero's do. After I replace the belt everything works fine again till next time.


Anybody dealt with this before?

I would check the pulley alignment very carefully. Larry

The higher the amount of charge the more horsepower it will take to drive the compressor. Check your high side pressures to see that they are within specs for the refrigerant that you are using. . If they are OK then check for excessive rust on the compressor pulley. Rust eats up belts.

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If it does it after only a couple of runs it is likely out of alignment or it is slipping and burning up. If it is aligned right then I would tighten it up. Larry

thanks for the input. I'll check it out and get back with you tomorrow

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1986 GT 17k miles

Search the forum. There is an old post about using a different belt.

For the 2.8 V6:

I recently had my AC re-charged (or whatever you call it). The garage owner was really bragging on Gates belts. He said that Gates have a higher percentage of nylon than most other belts so they stretch less. He advised me to go to O'Reilly to get one.

I had already bought the belt recommended on a thread here. I got the Dayco Top Cog 17380. It is slightly longer and wider than the stock belt so it is easier to get onto the pulleys and rides higher in the groove. Lots of people brag on Goodyear Gatorback belts. Their AC belt number is 15376.

Go to the Fierosails webpage and see how to make a pulley spreader to tighten your belts. I made a similar one. I changed the original idea and made mine so that it would not pivot. The original design allows the tool to get pushed diagonally. Mine stays perpendicular to the pulleys.

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'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

[This message has been edited by Boostdreamer (edited 07-06-2013).]

could you link to that old post please. I have been unable to find it.

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1986 GT 17k miles

quote Originally posted by jcmiracle_man: could you link to that old post please. I have been unable to find it.

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...120111-2-108647.html

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Jonathan

'68-69 GTO Nose - The Project has Begun!
My '85 L67 Build Thread

Fixed!!!

I think, and I'll cross my fingers. Belt alignment looks good. I checked my high side pressure; it did go up as RPMs raised. At 5000 RPM only went up to 300 psi at 80° F. So the pressure wasn't going as high as I expected.
Thanks to the info you guys provided I installed a 17380 v-belt. It fits like it's supposed to. I wonder if the 15370 is a catalog error or something after seeing how well the larger belt fits.
So after hitting some higher RPMs a few times I rechecked the belt tension and it was still good. So I think we got it licked.

Thank you guys for all your helpful input.

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1986 GT 17k miles

Thank you! Now I can return the 370 and exchange it for a 380.