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Looking at accessory drive options for a LS3 swap. I know the stock LS water pump heater hose connections interfere with the passenger A-Arm. The Holley mid mount 20-185 looks to be compact and has the option of connecting the heater hoses downward to clear the A-arm. Anyone using the Holley mid mount on their C3 LS swap?
$2300- for a set of accessories and pulleys? I might be missing the point, but that's more than the entire budget for my junkyard swap.
Start here, and see if this solves your problem. You can modify the stock pump to plug the ports, or have them come out the top. There are several examples on this Forum. I plugged mine.
On my 71 Corvette LS swap I used 2002 Camaro FEA. Yes I had to mod the water pump inlet/outlet to clear the right a-arm. I know Holley makes good products. But if the alt, ps- pump or water pump fails a replacement is only a NAPA store away and they have a life time warranty.
On my 71 Corvette LS swap I used 2002 Camaro FEA. Yes I had to mod the water pump inlet/outlet to clear the right a-arm. I know Holley makes good products. But if the alt, ps- pump or water pump fails a replacement is only a NAPA store away and they have a life time warranty.
Good point…. Are you running AC with the Camaro FEA?
$2300- for a set of accessories and pulleys? I might be missing the point, but that's more than the entire budget for my junkyard swap.
Start here, and see if this solves your problem. You can modify the stock pump to plug the ports, or have them come out the top. There are several examples on this Forum. I plugged mine.
Holley option is on the expensive side for sure. But I have long bock so need all accessories and would like the updated AC compressor. I’m open to options but not planning on used parts for this build.
I did not have ac. I have used the ICT brackets on other LS swaps. They worked well. Most using ac and the Fbody FEA end up notching the right frame rail.
Couple of pics of the Fbody FEA.
First LS swap I did 79 Camaro. Went down the road a number of years ago.
Later swap 98 Wrangler. Its been 15 years. Still have it. It has been flawless.
$2300- for a set of accessories and pulleys? I might be missing the point, but that's more than the entire budget for my junkyard swap.
Start here, and see if this solves your problem. You can modify the stock pump to plug the ports, or have them come out the top. There are several examples on this Forum. I plugged mine.
If I’m looking at them correctly they would be modular to each other correct? Like if I only wanted the alternator, water pump, and power steering pump for now, then wanted to add AC later, it would only be a bracket install and a different belt away.
If I’m looking at them correctly they would be modular to each other correct? Like if I only wanted the alternator, water pump, and power steering pump for now, then wanted to add AC later, it would only be a bracket install and a different belt away.
I believe that is how it works, yes. I'll let you know when I get my garage projects done and start working on cars again.
Here's my junkyard LM7 project. I'm at $2300- right now, but that's manual steering, and no A/C. For that, and the LS6 project, I bought all of the accessories separately.
Holley is VERY expensive, along with the rest of the companys under its 'umbrella'. I managed to purchase mine during a Christmas sale and saved money,but it still hurt.
I hadn't checked other suppliers when I pulled the trigger .
Do you know that your PS pulley will clear your control arm?
On the current SBC measuring from the crank bolt to a-arm I have 14”. On the Holley mid mount crank bolt to outer edge of PS pulley is 10”. The reservoir adds another 2”. It will be close but looks like it will fit.
Last edited by TorchZ51; Aug 18, 2024 at 10:20 PM.
In this picture you can see what i did to the water pump to fit a C3 corvette. You can also see the turbo placement on the pass side.
The water pump inlet is also of interest if you want to clear a spreader bar. It would be enlightening for others if the OP shared his source. On my car, at the time, I had to resort to cutting it off at the neck and rewelding it at an angle.
Looking at accessory drive options for a LS3 swap. I know the stock LS water pump heater hose connections interfere with the passenger A-Arm. The Holley mid mount 20-185 looks to be compact and has the option of connecting the heater hoses downward to clear the A-arm. Anyone using the Holley mid mount on their C3 LS swap?
I have the stock water pump. This helped me clear the heater hose outlet.
SPC upper control arms don't require spacers to shim alignment and provide more space near heater hose outlet. Another benefit is almost unlimited alignment ability.
LS Swap Holley Mid Mount
