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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 09:18 PM
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I am going to be installing a L96 6 liter into my 65 Beaumont. I need brackets for alternator and power steering with enough clearance for the steering box. What options are out there?
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 09:49 PM
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Try Kwik Performance Inc. They have Billet Aluminum
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 04:15 AM
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Try the holley LS bracket. That setup gave me plenty of clearance on my Ranger, way cheaper than Kwik performance. It allows the use of corvette spacing, f-body spacing or the truck spacing. Even using the corvette spacing, i have plenty of room to my gearbox.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 05:58 AM
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Looks like the biggest down side of the Holley bracket is the R4 compressor.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 06:26 AM
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Check here. They should have anything you need.
http://www.lsbrackets.com/
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ART T
Looks like the biggest down side of the Holley bracket is the R4 compressor.
The Holley brackets are the way to go and they have kits for many compressors including the SD5-SD7.

The downside to the kwik brackets are that they flip the power steering pump upside down so the gravity feed from res is down on the bottom right near your steering box so they don't leave you as much room.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 09:16 AM
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Go with the holley or a factory corvette setup
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 09:23 AM
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I have an extra corvette bracket (no accys) and water pump (both new). PM if you are interested.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 10:03 AM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/170914742263...84.m1423.l2648

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The holley stuff will , but its 10 times the cost , or close to it ,
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ART T
Looks like the biggest down side of the Holley bracket is the R4 compressor.
Holley makes a bracket for the Sanden compressor as well.

Their brackets are pretty popular these days.

Steve
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 11:31 AM
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Thanks guys, appreciate the input. Remember I only need p. steering and alternator. My old girl don't have AC. For AC its all windows down.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy4639
Check here. They should have anything you need.
http://www.lsbrackets.com/
The GM A Body bracket is the one you need # LS-0201
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Jerry, returned your PM. Are you starting from scratch with accys or do you have an engine with some on already?
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 06:35 AM
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Jerry, returned your PM. Are you starting from scratch with accys or do you have an engine with some on already?
Bare long block, I need everything
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 07:08 AM
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The stock GM truck bracket would be cheapest. Any similar swaps with stock truck accessories to compare?
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Originally Posted by jerrya
Thanks guys, appreciate the input. Remember I only need p. steering and alternator. My old girl don't have AC. For AC its all windows down.
Holley sells that kit as well.
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just remember to match up your accessories with your crank pulley and water pump. they need to be the same. they all have different offsets.
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Old Jan 17, 2014 | 03:02 AM
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I have the Holley bracket, alt and power steering only. I'm not using the spacer kits, which allows me the use of corvette spacing. I'm using the f-body waterpump as it allows the use of f-body spacing or the corvette spacing.
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Old Jan 17, 2014 | 05:19 PM
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that pulley posted above is smaller diameter than stock- wouldnt that cause issues with the pump running faster? I was going to put a mustang pump on my LY6 with custom brackets but was told that since the crank pulley is bigger than the stock 4.6 ford crank pulley that it'll run 20% faster and could mess things up....any ideas?
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Originally Posted by xsboost90
that pulley posted above is smaller diameter than stock- wouldnt that cause issues with the pump running faster? I was going to put a mustang pump on my LY6 with custom brackets but was told that since the crank pulley is bigger than the stock 4.6 ford crank pulley that it'll run 20% faster and could mess things up....any ideas?
TONS of us are running smaller pulleys on the truck PS pumps to clear the steering boxes in our older cars. Don't seem to be any issues, or if there is, no one has blamed it directly on running a smaller pulley.

Could also be that it's the cheapest (and sometimes only) option for getting things to fit so maybe we all are OK with burning up pumps every few years. I swapped out my pressure valve from my old SBC pump into the truck pump so that the box still got the proper pressure it was designed for...
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