A/C bracket and valve cover access L98
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2013
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A/C bracket and valve cover access L98
For those of you that shaved or trimmed the A/C bracket to get the passenger side valve cover off easily, can I get a pic? I'd like to start getting my car situated to the point where I don't have to deal with the compressor when doing maintenance. Thanks in advance.
Le Mans Master
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From: WV
I've never seen anyone cut or shave the a/c bracket on the passenger side.. Im not saying someone hasn't tried it, but I've never seen it on here...The a/c bracket is just barely strong enough as it's designed,cutting would just make it weaker..It's not that big a deal to just loosen the bolts and move it forward .. I have seen guys have the valve covers cut and rewelded to clear the bracket but nothing to the bracket itself...Someone please correct me if you've heard of cutting the a/c bracket.....
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Last edited by WW7; Aug 21, 2014 at 01:40 PM.
Instructor
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I have full bodied crane roller rockers and notched the ac bracket just enough to get the valve cover off. Haven't had any problems yet! I only took a small notch maybe 3/8ths deep. I still have to loosen the compressor itself but I no longer have to mess with the bracket. Maybe if I rerouted the hose to the throttle body/intake manifold I could pull the cover without moving anything, I haven't gotten around to testing that hypothesis.
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2013
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I have full bodied crane roller rockers and notched the ac bracket just enough to get the valve cover off. Haven't had any problems yet! I only took a small notch maybe 3/8ths deep. I still have to loosen the compressor itself but I no longer have to mess with the bracket. Maybe if I rerouted the hose to the throttle body/intake manifold I could pull the cover without moving anything, I haven't gotten around to testing that hypothesis.
