Re: alternator brackets

[Bob Fortson <bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx>]

Summit Raceing has a couple of aftermarket alternator
brackets that are sort'a "one fits all"...look nothing
like the originals, but they do work.....

Bob Fortson (they have two...one sort'a expensive and
one really expensive)
--- Doug Ahern <D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 40 11/04/05, Dave Casey wrote:
> > The bracket to which you're referring only came on
> A/C cars. Non air cars 
> > tucked the alternator down lower with the cheaper
> and commonly available 
> > brackets (they're all over eBay in Chrome). These
> will put your alternator 
> > and water pump on the same belt. If you have A/C
> they might make things 
> > difficult.
> 
> that makes sense, i got it off a 65 361 B-body w/
> AC, I mounted it up 
> and clearly won't line up with any water pump
> pulleys that I have, it 
> must line up with the crank pulley and the AC
> compressor only.
> 
> I found some pictures of the cast iron bracket in
> use on some early
> 60's fullsize cars.  On a 60 D500 pictured on
> Mueller's "Chrysler
> Muscle Cars", it appears the bracket is used on a
> non-AC, PS car.
> It must have a unique water pump pulley used on
> those early engines.
> 
> I have a non-AC  set of brackets but they are late
> 60's vintage, and
> I'm using the early MP aluminum water pump which has
> a different
> bracket mount point on the water pump housing (under
> the thermostat)
> than the later 60's housings  (at least thats how I
> figure these
> brackets not lining up).
> 
> I've got a 1970 set of brackets off an AC car (with
> the lower bracket that
> legs back to the mount) and I'm going to see if
> that'll line up the
> alternator with any of the pulley pairs I have...
> 
> I don't have PS or AC, so its just the alternator I
> need to spin.
> I ran out of budget, so I'm trying to make what I
> got work,  but I 
> certainly can't be tossing belts so its gotta be
> right.
> 
> thanks for your help.
> 
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