Belt Help

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Bullitt520

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Hey im putting a carbed v8 into my fox and was wondering how i would be able to run the least amount of accesories on the engine. I would like to run only the crank, water pump and alternator pullies. What eliminator brackets if any would i need. I know that if i ran just the one belt to each of the three i mentioned the water pump would spin the wrong way. I will be running an electric fan. What will i need to run the belts properly??

Thanks guys.
 
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usmcrp1044

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I only have a crank/waterpump/and alternator to spin. Same boat as you, and I'm guessing that waterpump you have is a reverse flow one?
The one on my motor was... I was kinda stumped on how to run the pulleys.

I tried to make a picture of what I did. I dont have any actual pics of it.
I made my own alternator bracket... kinda doubt the setup would work with underdrive pulleys though. The crank and waterpump pulleys were really close on my motor so it worked fine.

My computer drawing skills arent perfect... lol
Anyway, the alternator sits about inline with the passenger side valve cover just to give you an idea. The belt only makes contact with like 1/4 of the pulley, but I've had no problems with slipping or anything. I have a serpentine belt, and no 'tensioner' per say. The alternator takes care of that.... it has one of those rods with threads on each end. Standard one side and reverse the other. To tighten the belt, just tighten the rod. I got the idea from a friend who used a shock rod (like to open a trunk) but I couldnt find one the right length/force lying around.

 
HaggardHatch

HaggardHatch

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Click on that pic . I used a foward rotation pump and a ribbed sepentine waterpump pulley and used the stock alternator bracket and tensioner. works great. If you go with the reverse rotation pump you won't have enough belt contact on the water pump pulley which can cause problems eventually.
 
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