L98 alternator support bracket with Hooker 2149 LTs?
My Hooker LT headers will be here on Tuesday. I'm in the process of taking my stock headers off today. There is a bracket that runs from the back of the alternator to my stock driver's side header.
Does the Hooker header include this bracket mounting point? If not, how do you support the alternator? Anybody have pictures? |
It doesnt, and you cant make the original work.
You will have to fab something up to support the alternator, and you MUST do it. The alternator will eventually crack one day without it. |
When your Hookers arrive there should be a bag of hardware and in it with your flange bolts ect, you'll find what looks like two small sections of pipe in there and these are intended to be used for the AC and alternator braces. They are intended to be used with the stock flange bolts at the braces as spacers to fill the now missing thickness of the stock manifolds at those locations. So save those when you pull the stock manifolds. The problem is that hookers engineers didn't consider the bend in the #1 primary and how thier intended spacer wont clear it. It works great on the AC side but not for the alternater. You will have to use the spacer and stock bolt and fab a brace to go to the 3rd bolt instead of the second one for the alternator side.
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Originally Posted by skateparkdave
When your Hookers arrive there should be a bag of hardware and in it with your flange bolts ect, you'll find what looks like two small sections of pipe in there and these are intended to be used for the AC and alternator braces. They are intended to be used with the stock flange bolts at the braces as spacers to fill the now missing thickness of the stock manifolds at those locations. So save those when you pull the stock manifolds. The problem is that hookers engineers didn't consider the bend in the #1 primary and how thier intended spacer wont clear it. It works great on the AC side but not for the alternater. You will have to use the spacer and stock bolt and fab a brace to go to the 3rd bolt instead of the second one for the alternator side.
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Definitely support that alt.
I didn't and sure 'nuff, one day while travelling the alt case broke and threw the belt. |
Here's the bracket I made for my car. Its electrical conduit crimped on the ends and bent at the right angles.
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/ta//bracket.jpg |
Originally Posted by skateparkdave
When your Hookers arrive there should be a bag of hardware and in it with your flange bolts ect, you'll find what looks like two small sections of pipe in there and these are intended to be used for the AC and alternator braces. They are intended to be used with the stock flange bolts at the braces as spacers to fill the now missing thickness of the stock manifolds at those locations. So save those when you pull the stock manifolds. The problem is that hookers engineers didn't consider the bend in the #1 primary and how thier intended spacer wont clear it. It works great on the AC side but not for the alternater. You will have to use the spacer and stock bolt and fab a brace to go to the 3rd bolt instead of the second one for the alternator side.
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1808/img01273py.jpg I've actually been running mine without the rear Alternator braket with no problems at all for 4 years now. |
Originally Posted by jonecap
Skatepark dave...do you have a picture of your's that you could post? Thanks for the reply...good info! :cheers:
See how the AC brace goes to the third flange bolt from the front on that side? You just make a long one and do it the same on the Alt. side. http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3151/mvc002s0hq.jpg http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/41/mvc003s2lz.jpg |
I should note that my pic is of the early style AC compressor which mounts to the first header bolt. Skateparkdave's is the later style that goes to the 3rd header bolt.
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Originally Posted by TA
Here's the bracket I made for my car. Its electrical conduit crimped on the ends and bent at the right angles.
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/ta//bracket.jpg |
Thanks guys for the photos. I definitely like the bracket on TA's car. I may try the same thing. Strange though, my car does not have a support bracket for the AC...must have disappeared some time in the last 16 years :willy:
By the way, I've got the Hooker's bolted on to the car now. That was a pain in the a$$ |
So just a standoff and a longer bolt won't work? The factory one fits because of the standoffs welded on the header flanges. I don't get why most aftermarket co's don't do this, it solves all the bolt access problems.
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Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
So just a standoff and a longer bolt won't work?
then put the bracket nut on top of that but seperately. If that makes any sence. Like this... http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4986/mvc006s3pt.jpg |
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