AC Delete-Need help
 

I have eliminated the air conditioning on my 88 L98 track car and need to find numbers for the complete AC delete package. I had picked up a number of 10055890 from this forum, but Superior Chevrolet cannot find that number at all. I suspect it is supposed ot be the number for the F body delte package, but apparently the number is wrong. :willy:

I need the complete assembly that will eliminate the AC bracket or bolt to the existing AC bracket and give me a dummy pulley to replace the AC compresser.

Can anyone help with part numbers and just what I need. My 383 is ready to go back in the car and I would like to dry fit everything on the engine stand before I put the engine back in the car. This is the only think holding me up at this point. :cheers:

I believe the part is from a 1LE optioned Camaro, sometimes they can be found on EBay.

Item number:

7987511234
7987512380
7988325106
7988728434
7983498593

-Tom

Please, please, please let me know how those parts work out for you. I'd like to take a similar path in the future. :thumbs:

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Thanks for the help guys but it still isn't working. Tommelton- I tried your numbers on GM parts direct and they could not locate any of them as Chevy parts. Might it be Pontiac or some other mfg. numbers? Chucks 88, l I have that number, but when I go to GM Parts Direct, it lists it simply as a pulley. Are there brackets, spacers, etc. involved? Keep the help coming. I owe you guys and yes Upstate- when I get it all sorted out, I will let you know.

As far as I've researched that pulley bolts directly onto the existing a/c bracket.

Thanks! :thumbs:


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If you are so inclined, you could also very easily fabricate something. The pulley is available at napa.
This is what I did. Works great.

I am not much of a fabricator 89 Paul, but might be able to borrow some ideas if you could email some pics. Do you have a PN for the NAPA part? Thanks for the post.

Of course they would not work on GMpartsdirect - they are EBay ITEM numbers. There are tons of them for sale on EBay.

-Tom

Tom, I checked those out and I can't really figure out how they are supposed to work on our L98's. Can you, or someone else elaborate?

It looks like it would be easier to fab something up for an off the shelf pulley than to use the F-Body delete pulley.

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:lurk:

:_dupe: Sorry about that. I am not much of a ebayer. Will try to look up the item numbers and take a look. :thumbs:

I spoke with one of those companys on ebay who said the pulley will not work on an 88. Only 87 and earlier. Said he gets calls frequently asking the same question. He was nice enough to give me a lead another lead that I am checking out now.

MORE Performance has one for an LT1 but I am not sure about an L98. I have theirs on my car...

http://www.moreperformanceinc.com/im...DELETE%20L.jpg

http://www.moreperformanceinc.com/in...s&product=1588

Mike

You have an 88 right?

OK. This will work and save you money as well as look better.
YOU DO NOT NEED a pulley on your 88.
Just eliminate the AC alltogether.
Cut the serp belt.
Thread belt through tensioner BACKWARD.
The tensioner does not care which way it spins.
Measure the new length, and buy the new correct size belt.
Works like a charm and cleaner too!
You will now have ribs side down however.
Just to safe, I got a tensioner replacement wheel/pulley with ribs to fit the belt.
Easy, clean, no brackets.
I've been running this way on my 88 for years!

Matt383

Well........there you have it. :yesnod:

That's pretty much the picture I had in my head for fabbing a unit. That even looks like it could work on the L98 .



I've seen people re-route the belt and I personally wasn't cool with the way the belt ended up going around the water pump. It just didn't look like to me that the belt would have sufficient adhesion to the pump pulley in a high power application. I'll probably try it anyway though :thumbs:

Matt, if you could throw some pics up that would be :cool:


:cheers:

I am not much of a digital picture guy, but I will try.

Re: your concerns of the water pump in a hi power application, see below. Is THAT high power enough? :lol:

:rofl: :lol: :rofl:

I think we have it guys thanks to Matt. He is going to try to post pictures of belt routing that does not require a replacement pulley and I will get a part number for the replacement belt in the next couple days and post that here. Thanks to everybody for the help :cheers: :thumbs: