ls68

Hey guys-

I'm swapping an LS1 into my '68 camaro and don't plan on having either power steering or a/c, just the water pump and an alternator. can someone tell me where i can get a belt for just those two accessories?

Mean Green z28

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Run a electric water pump and you can use the BMR alternator bracket ... http://www.bmrfabrication.com/misc.HTM

89 formula350

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go to the dealer and see if you can get the brackets for the new hybrid trucks they have only the alt. and waterpump. they use a delete pulley for the p/s

89 formula350

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double post

12thstreetjunkman

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trying to remember the routing on my old rx-7, I know no special parts were necessary or relocation brackets. Seems like it was a 22" belt, just ran around the crank, wp, tensioner and alternator. Used an f-body alt bracket.

Pop N Wood

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slammer454

the BMR and an Electric water pump is your best bet IMO. sounds like you'll be racing the car a lot, so an electric pump would help cool down substantially.

DGGM WX3

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That's exactly how I'm planning on running mine, and I'm doing the same thing in a '67 Camaro.

IHeartTurbo

Tagging this thread for later.

Born-again 7

I have a 2002 LS1 in my 93 rx7. I didnt have to relocate or modify any of the pullys. All i did was remove the power steering and AC pump the put on a carquest part number K060525 belt.

mymachinehead

Speed inc sells a nice kit.You can also see sum pics of it at mymachinehead.com

ls68

so this is true? i've heard electric pumps work better but i couldn't understand why. Is it simply cuz the engine doesn't have to run the pump?

ls68

so where did you get the aftermarket pulley, and which belt did you use? could i just use another tensioner off a car in a junk yard? they look pretty close to the same dia.

Pop N Wood

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That's not my picture. I have corvette accesories so my set up is different. The belt part number is written right on the picture.

I do know that set up works for the F body belt position. Several guys on my previous car site ran like that with good results.

themachasy

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They aren't RPM based, your engine gets 100% coolant flow all the time.

ssduane

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This is how I did mine, leave the tensioner mounted passenger side up top and added a tensioner pulley that I bought new for 20 bucks, to the alternator bracket pulley mount and used a Gates belt, PN K060535.

Shawn MacAnanny

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Here is how i ran mine. Stock alternator location, just a water pump, and a stock tensioner. Belt came from Advance auto. Here's the thread i made about it. It works great. Plenty of contact area for the belt never runs hot.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...719&highlight=

slammer454

exactly, being able to still have that pump running after you shutdown will REALLY help with not hot-lapping your car. a manual switch is a nice addition as well.

Shawn MacAnanny

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High coolant flow isnt always necessary. Thats why water pumps work so good even at high rpms. See the coolant needs time to conduct the heat. If the coolant is flowing through really fast its just passing by and not absorbing the heat. Think of it like this. You take a hose and run water on your foot and its cold but if you stand in that same temperature water for a second or two its much colder.

brandoz28

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POP N WOOD do you have a picture of your setup? trying to figure this out for my race car