Aster's bracket is phenominal. It was the best decision I made when I was piecing my setup together. I like the fact that you don't have to put a crazy amount of tension on the belt in order to keep it from slipping. I worried that the added tension would have a negative impact on the loads placed on the crank and mains.

 

Hell i planned on it bob, i pm'd you about it. But the trans took a **** the next week. And its taking forever for the new trans to get here

 

Procharger eye candy. F1R

 

Who's intake manifold is that? That's a badass engine bay for sure.

 

That's too bad, hang in there! Bob

 

^^^That is a bad *** engine bay! Not to bling bling, but really nice!

 

Marcello. http://www.marcellamanifolds.net/images/Images.html Bob

 

I ordered my setup today!!! Aster bracket was on my list! Thanks Bob!

 

Thanks for the order Donnie, I appreciate it! Bob

 

Thanks for the compliments guys. Yes that is a Marcella sheet metal intake.

 

thats a work of art! if it wasent 3500, id buy it just for looks. Have you had any luck getting something setup with dan yet Bob? My cog setup looks sick!

 

Be sure and post up a pic of how you registered your supercharger crank pulley on your balancer. I was unable to find anyone (ATI, Innovators West) that had a balancer to suit this need on a LS engine. My 50MM Procharger crank pulley was flat faced and there was no pilot on the common F-Body supercharger balancer from ATI to work with. I had to make something to register the pulley to the ATI balancer, although I went with a 917777 SBC/LS style ATI balancer.

 

seems like it will center itself, very little slop in bolts

 

hear that

 

No I haven't. I've e-mailed Dan several times, I'll have to give him a call. Bob

 

maybe hes not interested? find that hard to believe. if you backed it he would sell thousands of them!

 

You guys have any suggestions to why I have lost 2-3psi. It dynoed last year at a little over 15psi. I take it back to get it retuned and change to a speed density tune (this during August with a 100+ temps. The second go around only saw like 11-12 psi. This is really gettin to me haha, now Im thinking about doing a truck manifold setup with an 88.

 

The first thing I would check for is belt slippage, do you have any black dust on the blower housing?

Next is the air filter clean? A dirty air filter can reduce boost by several psi.

If you still haven't found the problem I'd start checking for a boost leak, I'd check all the tubing to hose connections first, since you have made more boost in the past. It could also be a hole in the intercooler(s) or a faulty bypass valve.

It sounds like you don't have a boost gauge in the car, I'd install one so that you can troubleshoot your combination. You can even temporarily install a boost gauge out on the cowl by taping it to your windshield wiper, if you don't want a permanent installation. Bob

 

I'm not sure about that but thanks for the vote of confidence! Bob

 

I take it your Procharger pulley you got for the crank has a flat face on it and your F-Body ATI balancer has a .100" or so step on it about 4" out in diameter?

If you do, you either need to machine your s/c crank pulley to match the step in the ATI balancer like your SDCE lower pulley was, or build a pilot slug that fits snug into your balancer snout and fits snug (on the other end) into your s/c crank pulley inside diameter. You DO NOT want to rely on the bolts to register the s/c pulley center. That would would equal a fail.

This is the area where, IMO, Dan needs to finish the kit offering so it is a true bolt on.

You need to find a quality machine shop in your area to do this. ATI will not be able to help.