Just another Big Block question
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Le Mans Master
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Just another Big Block question
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2438495676
whats the difference between this bracket and one that is off a car with power steering. i will buy this if it will work with power steering :yesnod:
whats the difference between this bracket and one that is off a car with power steering. i will buy this if it will work with power steering :yesnod:
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Re: Just another Big Block question (Titanium Rat)
I was trying to make one of those work also, cause I had one off of a truck. As I remember (disclaimer) put the alternator too far back towards the engine so the belt ended up trying to take up the same space as the ps pump body. You could probly shim something to make it work, but we finally just gave up and bought the right ones for lots of money and when we got them they didn't seem very well made... oh well
Edit: so far i'm not too stoked on the whole power steering thing. Lets see, I coulda just used brackets I had lying around for the alternator and been done with it, um, I could be driving my car right now because it wouldn't be pumping out ps fluid with each crankshaft rotation, there wouldn't be ps fluid all over my nice new freshly painted engine compartment or my driveway... oh well...
[Modified by BB73Chris, 11:04 PM 10/20/2003]
Edit: so far i'm not too stoked on the whole power steering thing. Lets see, I coulda just used brackets I had lying around for the alternator and been done with it, um, I could be driving my car right now because it wouldn't be pumping out ps fluid with each crankshaft rotation, there wouldn't be ps fluid all over my nice new freshly painted engine compartment or my driveway... oh well...
[Modified by BB73Chris, 11:04 PM 10/20/2003]
Racer
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Re: Just another Big Block question (Titanium Rat)
That's the bracket I used on my big-block ----- with power steering. I had to cut out the holes in the power steering bracket to lower it down a hair, and with a bracket from the waterpump to the p/s pump and a short belt -- it works just fine ! Rick
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Re: Just another Big Block question (Titanium Rat)
It won't work. The alternator bracket for the PS cars is slotted toward the bottom so that the PS belt tension can be adjusted by moving the pump. It actually serves two purposes. You can buy the correct bracket from many of the vendors for around $50. I bought a new one from Paragon because my old one was cracked.
