Funny uoy should ask... I was just a kid at the time, but Dayco has a plant here in Springfield and when they were developing the serpentine configurations and such, Pop's shop worked with them on some models. It is amazing the grip they have to offer. We have had a couple of cars through here that had A/C compressors that had locked up and the belt would hold tight enough to prevent the engine from cranking. At first it would seem as though the engine had completely locked up. Amazing, but true.