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OK well I have myself in quite the situation. I added an LSA blower to my build thus removing my ability to high mount the A/C on the passengers side. I was thinking a could notch my subframe low mount my a/c until I really started looking at it. Because the LSA setup is corvette offsets I have very little room. I have about 6 inches from the motor mount to the rear a/c belt pulled and maybe 7 inches to the middle accessory belt pulley.
Hey cwylie, I would say your situation is going to call for modification to the mount on that side of the car so you can move it rearward and re-drill the frame to accept it in a new location. I can build you a modified bracket it you give me a discrete distance that you need it to be moved back on the engine.
I ordered a compressor and it showed up yesterday but it was the wrong one. Trying to run the smallest compressor I can find but I dont think there is going to be a way to fit it without moving the motor mount. Do you think it could be moved back an inch?
I ordered a compressor and it showed up yesterday but it was the wrong one. Trying to run the smallest compressor I can find but I dont think there is going to be a way to fit it without moving the motor mount. Do you think it could be moved back an inch?
Making a mount with an inch of set-back will be a piece of cake...but it's obviously going to cantilever off the back of the crossmember more than it does now by the same amount, so you'll need to be sure to provide proper support back there if needed. If you get some 1/4" steel plate and just make a new adapter plate that goes between the clamshell and the subframe that extends 1" further back you should be OK. You might still have to notch the subframe to clear the compressor, but you'll have to figure that out as you go. Let me know if you need the mount and I can make one for you next week if you do.
I am pretty sure we have what you are looking for. Let me see if I can mock one up on an engine and I will take a picture. It is going to be a compressor/mount combo.
Here's what I made for my LSA conversion........Used a SD-7 Sanden Compressor with a turnbuckle as shown........Interesting side note!!!.........I was able to use the stock ZL1 compressor belt.....But, after a couple hundred miles it started to shred itself into pieces.......I thought I had an alignment issue......But after talking to a GM Engineer I was told that the stock belt is a stretch to fit belt and was designed to work at a very specific stretch ratio.........I bought a aftermarket Goodyear belt and 7000 miles later it still looks brand new...........Hope that info might help someone out later
Is that a fixed displacement sanden compressor?
Is the spacing specific for LSA pulleys, or can it fit the f bod/gto, or truck accessory spacing?
I am pretty sure it is a SG7 compressor as pictured above. It is a standard fixed displacement compressor. None of that variable speed nonsense. It is a new product for us (don't even have prices yet but soon) and it is not on our site either. As for now, it is on the Corvette belt line. We will have a Camaro style out next and then possibly a truck. This can be modified (as we have tried) to fit a Camaro belt line. Any one who is interested, PM me and I will come up with a price.
I got the bracket and it looks great. It looks like I would have to move my motor mount back about an inch to an inch and a half to clear but I think if I do that it may come in contact with the header. Im kinda at a loss on what to do.
I got the bracket and it looks great. It looks like I would have to move my motor mount back about an inch to an inch and a half to clear but I think if I do that it may come in contact with the header. Im kinda at a loss on what to do.
An alternative for you might be to use a 4th-gen Camaro mount on the side of the engine and build a custom mounting bracket up from the subframe to support it. The 4th gen mounts are basically an upside down version of the clamshell mounts used with the Hooker engine brackets. You can just cobble something together in the car that provides the basic geometry and then build a simple fixure off of the part once you remove it so you can bench-build a nicer looking piece.
12-18-2014, 12:53 PM
Low mount A/C 
