A bunch of holes and a few drill bits later, I had the arc I needed, and the basic shape of the bracket sketched on to a piece of 3/16" steel plate. Broke out the Skill saw with the metal cutting blade, whittled down the parts that didn't look like the bracket, and smoothed it off on the grinder. Here's the assembly:



I just need to weld a nut on to the tensioner bracket to make it easier to tighten, re-tack the weld nut on the back of the pivot bracket (just for good BS), fabricate a strut to stabilize the brcket assembly, and it should all be good to go. Now to see if I can bolt this mess up to the M1 EFI intake and have it clear the t-stat housing that's in the LA position...

Clair