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Sanding pulleys decreases surface area, and can make them slip. Pulleys need a clean, smooth surface, and true so the belt 'sticks' to it.

You don't have to believe me, but call ram air resto and talk to tech, they can explain it much better.

Some might get lucky when sanding them, but it's most likely due to there not being an issue to begin with. If you have an excessive load, and it only slips sometimes, sanding them will make it worse.

Sometimes a pulley will look perfectly fine, but still slip. Most of the time you can't tell with the naked eye when a pulley(s) has/have been compromised.

On 1st gen birds, an air dam helps considerably, but many refuse to install one for whatever reason(s). Even so, the air dam helps very little to none at a stop.

I honestly believe that the trans cooler has very little to no effect, but I would still do an air gap on it. It might provide that slight margin that could make a difference.

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