Alternator Brackets these days?

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Oct 7, 2014 | 02:04 PM

Super Slow SS

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Alternator Brackets these days?

I haven't messed with my car in a few years to be honest and since getting the motivation to drive it again I have decided its important to me to make it as reliable as possible. I seem to remember there were quite a few relocation bracket vendors out there when I was looking back in 2011 and I opted to hack up the stock one and move it as I saw in another thread.

Well it works but it hasn't been the most reliable, I tend to keep an extra belt with me and it takes about 3 hands to put it on beside the road and as I started looking at things I want to "improve" as I start back on the car that came pretty high on the list.

So I really wanted a bracket that had a tensioner so I wouldn't have to worry about it being too tight and jumping off when the power steering is locked out and all that but the only 2 I really see now do away with the tensioner all together.

So I guess my question is, for those who are running these brackets how do you like them? How "maintenance free" are they and if not these what are you running (that's still available today)?

Speed Inc.
http://www.speedinc.com/shop-by-vehi...l#!prettyPhoto

and CBR Performance: also sold on e-bay.

Oct 8, 2014 | 06:16 PM

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I have a Huron Speed relocation but added a katech tensioner instead of the stock one. Havent lost a belt since.

Oct 8, 2014 | 11:28 PM

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Oct 9, 2014 | 02:32 AM

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I have tried atleast 5 different "kits" and the CBR is the only one that bolts up and works like oem.

Oct 9, 2014 | 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MUSTANGBRKR02

I have tried atleast 5 different "kits" and the CBR is the only one that bolts up and works like oem.

and it doesn't use the factory tensioner correct? It just has the heim joint as a manual tension and it doesn't flex under load, that was my biggest concern with that one.