header alternator bracket question
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Burning Brakes
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header alternator bracket question
I just installed a set of hooker comp headers on my 71 small block. How am I supposed to install their 2 piece alternator bracket? I must be doing something wrong because the alternator won't even fit between the upper and lower brackets. Pictures would really help. Thanks a lot.
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I have a '72 so I'm not sure if the alternator is in the same location for your '71 but I don't think that it would have changed. I didn't need any special bracket. Just used the stock bracket and I also had installed Edelbrock heads. The bracket mounts in three places - 2 on the front of the head and 1 to a water pump bolt.
There were no clearance issues with the Hooker headers. Now the A/C compressor is another story! Here are some pics that might help. Good luck!
There were no clearance issues with the Hooker headers. Now the A/C compressor is another story! Here are some pics that might help. Good luck!
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Thanks for the help. Maybe I need to buy the factory bracket like yours. My car didn't have that, it just had 1 bolt going through the bottom hole of the alternator into the exhaust manifold. If my car had this bracket, it was lost sometime in the past 37 years.
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you can alwyas get the alternator bracket from a 80. Its a one piece cast bracket and the curved front arm, bolts right up to aftermarket heads. Im using it with hooker sidepipe headers with and tall valve covers with no problem. I bought the two aftermarket pieces also, didnt need them. I can post a pic if you would like to see it tonight.
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I used that two peice piece of junk for a while but its garbage... I got the alimumon braket to go with the aluminum heads
tim