Headers and A/C bracket... got pics? Im lost!
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Racer
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Headers and A/C bracket... got pics? Im lost!
80 vette, 350/TH350...
Okay, I bought flowtech headers HERE says it requires THIS bracket
How in the world do I mount that bracket? Its been to long since I took it off I can't remember how to mount the a/c bracket and this new one throws me for a loop. Does anyone have pics or something... a website? Anything, I am getting
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Thanks!
Okay, I bought flowtech headers HERE says it requires THIS bracket
How in the world do I mount that bracket? Its been to long since I took it off I can't remember how to mount the a/c bracket and this new one throws me for a loop. Does anyone have pics or something... a website? Anything, I am getting
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Thanks!
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Beecher Illinois
For the original factory R4 AC compressor, all you need is a spacer.
Length is the difference between the thickness of the cast iron manifold and the new header flange.
Use the original manifold bolt with the stud on it.
Don't know what that bracket is that you posted, possibly for earlier applications with the bigger A6 AC compressor. But I've never seen one like that.
Length is the difference between the thickness of the cast iron manifold and the new header flange.
Use the original manifold bolt with the stud on it.
Don't know what that bracket is that you posted, possibly for earlier applications with the bigger A6 AC compressor. But I've never seen one like that.
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
I still have the old style A6 compressor. When I ordered the chrome AC bracket from Hedman to fit the headers, one look at that cheap thing told me it was too flimsy.
A bench grinder allowed me to make reliefs in the OEM bracket to fit around the header tubes, and spacers helped too. It's been this way for six years and 20K miles and hasn't budged an inch except when I took it all off to change the heads.
A bench grinder allowed me to make reliefs in the OEM bracket to fit around the header tubes, and spacers helped too. It's been this way for six years and 20K miles and hasn't budged an inch except when I took it all off to change the heads.
