gtistile

So, the time has come for me to upgrade to a 10-rib serpentine setup on my Whippled LS7. The 6-rib belt just can't handle the strain of 800Whp being placed on it. Currently the motor has the full Whipple Corvette LS7 kit on it.

I have sourced a majority of the parts for the swap from ATI which is great. However there are a few outstanding parts I have yet to source, mainly dealing with the 3 smooth idlers on the Whipple brackets and the idler on the low mount alternator bracket.

Right now I am looking at the ATI # 916208 for the idlers.

I cannot find a low mount alternator idler that goes on the alternator bracket.

If anyone has any input I would greatly appreciate it!


Pics of the car (the black one)

Razor

I think I have 2, 12 rib, smooth idlers....

Bondobird

Whipple sells a 10 rib upgrade kit for the Camaro. I believe it'll bolt up to yours just the same. It's actually all of the COPO Camaro pulleys but we engrave our logo instead of the COPO logo.
Call us up at (559)442-1261 and ask for mike or email him any questions at michael@whipplesuperchargers.com

Bondobird

gtistile

Any way to confirm? All of it would need to work on the LS7/Corvette accessory line. I have a feeling the smooth idlers from this whipple "kit" (if it exists) could help me quite a bit. Again, this is a strait up LS7 2.9 kit from Whipple.

I have contacted Whipple a couple times about this with pretty basic questions trying to get the ball rolling on this and have been told that there is absolutely nothing that cold be done for me other than supercharger pullies. I was under the impression that at the very least there was an 8-rib upgrade for this kit which I originally inquired about. It was Mike who I was referred to originally as well who told me I would have to source everything myself, elsewhere.

I have a good 75% of it already through ATI, just need to figure out the last details (3) 76mm Smooth idlers and the low mount alternator idler. There is one triangular bracket that is part of the whipple kit that would need to be spaced out further as well to accommodate the wider smooth idler pulley. It'd be nice to have a pre-made part for that as well.

Thanks again for any and all info! Can't wait to get this completed!

Bondobird

I'll ask mike today and let you know.

gtistile

I appreciate it man.

I'll be checking back here periodically. Trying to get everything together asap so I can start working on it this weekend!

gtistile

Just bumping this up if anyone else has any input.

ATI wont have any idlers for a few weeks

Bondobird

I guess the only way out kit would work is if you ran the Camaro belt line. Sorry bud

gtistile

Thanks for looking in to it. It's kinda crazy to me that there is no bolt up upgrades for the LS7... Oh well. I'm getting close to having it sorted at this point.

gtistile

Any idea what part # is used for the low mount alternator idler in the camaro kit? That should work fine for me