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That's great! I love seeing serpentine
systems on old cars, it's just a fetish of mine. lol.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:47
PM
Subject: [Chevelle-list] making up for
it....
I decided that the aftermarket serpentine systems was out of
my
league...and maybe a matter of opinion....way overpriced, since it
has
gone up by hundreds of dollars since they first came out.
It was
suggested to me to look into a Chevy Truck 454 serpentine system
for my 396
big block. I found the local dealer had the brackets in stock
and I got
them for a discount since they had been on the shelf for a
while. Picked up
the crank pulley and power steering pulley as well. Had
to go with an
aftermarket water pump pulley to get a grooved one. See
below on
why.
These mounting brackets do NOT look near as pretty as the
aftermarket
aluminum systems. However, it did two other things for me that
I wanted
as well:
#1, It allowed me to put my alternator on the
driver's side to mount the
A/C compressor on the passenger side and shorten
the lines and neaten up
the look of A/C compressor mounting.
#2 I
had read that when you turn a water pump backwards that you lose
about 20%
cooling efficiency. Having a big block with A/C and knowing I
would be in
long lines on hot days.... cooling was priority #1 !!!
But..I still wanted
to go serpentine. OK, I'm hard headed...here's where
the Scandinavian part
comes in ;)
The steel brackets allowed me to weld on a mount to put on
an idler
wheel on the driver's side of the water pump pulley. This allowed
me to
double back the belt, after going over the crank pulley and water
pump
pulley, to go to the A/C compressor.
I have a link to a picture
of the system as I was putting it together.
It gives the best view of the
pulley and water pump. I'll post another
pic of the final
product.
http://home.earthlink.net/~csmartin33/images/engine%20drivers%20side.jpg
Steve
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