|
|
alternator mounting on SB 360 with A/C
#1331491
11/06/12 03:32 PM
11/06/12 03:32 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 363
Simi Valley, CA
splatt
OP
super street
|
OP
super street
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 363
Simi Valley, CA
|
The "swing arm" bracket for the alternator has a second brace that attaches somewhere to the front of the engine. It has been too long since I disambled this engine to remember exactly where it attaches to.
My original 76 block was swapped by the machine shop for a 77 block (because of deck twist issues). Is there a difference in the blocks whare the bracket is meant to attach? The new engine also has Edelbrock RPM heads if that matters.
73 Challenger, 360 auto, a work in progress
|
|
|
Re: alternator mounting on SB 360 with A/C
[Re: splatt]
#1331492
11/06/12 04:48 PM
11/06/12 04:48 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,323
St. Louis, Mo
318 Stroker
master
|
master
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,323
St. Louis, Mo
|
Quote:
The "swing arm" bracket for the alternator has a second brace that attaches somewhere to the front of the engine. It has been too long since I disambled this engine to remember exactly where it attaches to.
My original 76 block was swapped by the machine shop for a 77 block (because of deck twist issues). Is there a difference in the blocks whare the bracket is meant to attach? The new engine also has Edelbrock RPM heads if that matters.
Good luck. The bracket you are referring to bolts into the front of the head.
Edelbrock says their heads are bolt-on. Well, yes they are...they bolt to the block, but everything is out of whack, since the Eddy heads are longer and protrude towards the front of the car. Eddy gives you the hole in the head for the alt. bracket, but since the head is longer, the geometry is off, and the bracket is useless.
I have the same combo on my Challenger, plus I have a/c. It took some creative engineering to get it all to work, and I'm still not totally happy with the results.
|
|
|
Re: alternator mounting on SB 360 with A/C
[Re: 318 Stroker]
#1331493
11/06/12 07:41 PM
11/06/12 07:41 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 363
Simi Valley, CA
splatt
OP
super street
|
OP
super street
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 363
Simi Valley, CA
|
Thanks. That explains what I am seeing. So I guess I will need to shorten that arm by the 1 in. or so that the Eddy heads stick out by.
73 Challenger, 360 auto, a work in progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
