Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I did get a bit of time in the garage after getting back from working on the house. Yesterday the new compressor and brackets arrived from Bouchillon Performance Engineering. Their bracket allows a compressor to be mounted below the alternator as opposed to above the motor. With the blower it's hard to find a good mounting location.
Their mounts are $159.95. You don't get a lot for the money. They are powder coated steel and sturdy enough that they should work OK for us. The instructions are NOT well written but if you're willing to re-read them carefully a few times you can decipher how to assemble it.
These brackets were designed to be used with the factory non-air alternator brackets and engine pulleys. Unfortunately we'd already installed new billet aluminum brackets so we will have to make some modifications to get things to align.
So far I've been testing with Spencer's 400 block that doesn't have a crank in it yet. Soon I'll be transferring the components to the other 400 that we'd borrowed so I can install the crank pulleys.
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I did get a bit of time in the garage after getting back from working on the house. Yesterday the new compressor and brackets arrived from Bouchillon Performance Engineering. Their bracket allows a compressor to be mounted below the alternator as opposed to above the motor. With the blower it's hard to find a good mounting location.
Their mounts are $159.95. You don't get a lot for the money. They are powder coated steel and sturdy enough that they should work OK for us. The instructions are NOT well written but if you're willing to re-read them carefully a few times you can decipher how to assemble it.
These brackets were designed to be used with the factory non-air alternator brackets and engine pulleys. Unfortunately we'd already installed new billet aluminum brackets so we will have to make some modifications to get things to align.
So far I've been testing with Spencer's 400 block that doesn't have a crank in it yet. Soon I'll be transferring the components to the other 400 that we'd borrowed so I can install the crank pulleys.
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