METCO Motorsports Tensioner support brace

[Wicked46]

^^ Looks good man!

 

[Riddick]

Thanks for posting this. This is the first I have heard of this. I will be buying one before my car goes back to the dyno.

 

[FromGTtoSVT]

have never seen this before......thanks for sharing

 

[whitedevil95]

Im going back to the dyno in 2-3 weeks to drop down to a Reichard Racing 2.8 pulley to get closer to 17psi. I just bought one. Any little bit to help with belt slip is good in my book!

 

[Bdubbs]

LOL I can't believe a lot of you guys have never seen these! It's quite an old product. It's main purpose is to help fight deflection and bending of the arm under high stress. Some have had the tensioner arm actually break before.

 

[01cobravortech]

I've had this brace for 5 years.

We'll call this anecdotal evidence...


I've had my Gates belt chirp bad over 40k with this Metco brace.


Still haven't had it chirp with my Goodyear belt at almost 55k.

I can't go either way with this, though it remains on the car.


I will say though...I have great faith in Metco.

All my double bearing idlers are from them. And they are at about 72k on each one. No chirp or screeches.

Metco is great. They cost a lot but from first hand experience I believe they really are a great vendor.

 

[whitedevil95]

LOL I can't believe a lot of you guys have never seen these! It's quite an old product. It's main purpose is to help fight deflection and bending of the arm under high stress. Some have had the tensioner arm actually break before.

Yeah man never seen this. I knew i didnt want to go with an aftermarket one at this point. Ill throw it on in a week or two with my 2.8, and new GATES HD.

 

[Woody6799]

I have had one for a year now.... in the box on my shelf.... I should probably toss it on.

 

[broke7]

Not that this isn't a good product, but its a bandaid fix. I still bent tensioners with this brace. You just cant work around the stock flimsy magnesium tensioner....its weak.

I swapped to a UPR Billet sprung tensioner back in 2011.....no issues since.

 

[Bdubbs]

The upr will likely be my next one I buy. I'm on my third oem tensioner.

 

[04sleeper]

Installed one back in 2009 on my 04.

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...1-Metco-Motorsports-Tensioner-Brace-Installed!

 

[RI-SVT]

you have to slide the belt off to put this on?
or it can be done with it on?
does IC tank hose has to come off? burped after or simple fill back up

 

[Blueline]

I have had one for a year now.... in the box on my shelf.... I should probably toss it on.

You should just give it to your TVS Buddy

 

[Woody6799]

You should just give it to your TVS Buddy

I'll trade you for some headers...

 

[DisposableHero]

you have to slide the belt off to put this on?
or it can be done with it on?
does IC tank hose has to come off? burped after or simple fill back up

Since you have to swap the 3 bolts that hold the tensioner down you'll have to take off the belt. I just moved the IC tank a little out of the way.