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The Quick Answer: yes you will need a shorter belt

The Truth: It depends on how MUCH smaller the new pulley is.... assuming it is a serpentine-style belt (aka unibelt), there will be a spring loaded tentioner, which will take up a certain amount of slack, but not more than a few cm...

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