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I recently replaced my Kwik bracket with the Holley A/C bracket. I have a Sanden 508 compressor and I'm running the stock 2001 LS1 Corvette alternator/ps bracket on the other side. The Holley documentation was great and the fitment perfect.
Here is one picture with the Kwik bracket and 2 pictures with the new Holley bracket.
Looks great! What type of paint and prep was required to paint the engine covers?
Looks great! What type of paint and prep was required to paint the engine covers?
Sorry, I don't know all the details. The guy that painted my car, painted them. I don't know how he preped the covers but I'm pretty sure he just used the same base and clear coat as he used on the body. They have held up very good, no cracks or flaws in the paint. I have about 10,000 miles on the conversion. Thanks for the praise.
Last edited by 55chevy; Dec 15, 2012 at 06:30 AM.
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I put about 30 miles on the car since I installed my bracket. After about 10 miles and a couple hard launches the belt chirps all the time except at idle.
I put about 30 miles on the car since I installed my bracket. After about 10 miles and a couple hard launches the belt chirps all the time except at idle.
AC on or off? Could be a bearing of one of the pulleys also.
AC on or off? Could be a bearing of one of the pulleys also.
AC is off and everything is brand new compressor, pulleys, idlers, belts, tensioners, etc. I haven't even yet popped the hood to look at, but I will find some time to do so this weekend.
I had the same "chirping" problem with my LS style 6.0 in a 66 GTO. After replacing almost every part (Waterpump, altinator, Harmonic Balancer, Tensioner and Idler pulley), the noise remained. Turned out the pressed on pulley on the Power steering pump (that I pressed on) was approximately 1/8 out of line. I highly recommend that you look at the alignment of the power steering pulley - that is probably your problem.
I had the same "chirping" problem with my LS style 6.0 in a 66 GTO. After replacing almost every part (Waterpump, altinator, Harmonic Balancer, Tensioner and Idler pulley), the noise remained. Turned out the pressed on pulley on the Power steering pump (that I pressed on) was approximately 1/8 out of line. I highly recommend that you look at the alignment of the power steering pulley - that is probably your problem.
I will check it out, but I put about 500 miles on the car before I installed the A/C . After putting on the A/C the chirping began.
Hey guys, I just got done installing this setup. Extremely well put together. Please excuse the mess of an engine compartment. I really hadn't planned on sharing these so I didn't really pickup. Have stuff all over the place. I highly recommend this setup. Everything went together very nicely. I polished mine and got chrome goodies to go with it. Any questions let me know.
Getting ready to install this set up on my 78 vette. What length is that throttle cable and is it a lokar? What PS pump did you use? Vette 99?
here ya go not in car yet and i still need to put a power steering pully and different water pump but that will be in short order , the ac side is done
This is with the 988. The instructions don't show the third mark.. 988 looks right to me. 984 is alot closer to the first mark. With some stretch it would be right in the middle the lowest mark is right at full compression of tensioner. And where the 980 belt was.
These are with the 984 much tighter on the tensioner wear grooves.
The I noticed how crooked the belt is. I tried bigger washers at the front to move the compressor out still looks off. I'm not sure if my Holley brackets are wrong or the compressor is the issue. I figured all the sanden compressors would be the same. This one is made by tuff stuff I got locally. I'm going to try to contact Holley tomorrow.
Measure the distance from the rear face of the front mounting ear to the second belt groove from the front of the pulley; the Holley supplied compressors measure 2" to that point as shown in the attached photo. If yours measures the same, you'll have to contact Holley Tech Service to resolve the issue as I don't have the means or bandwidth to check anything beyond the compressor pulley dimension.
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