not to be antagonizing, but when i put mine on the engine, i just
couldn't get the alternator pulley close enough without the alt. body
contacting the engine block. therefor, i had to get a sslightly
longer (1"-2") belt to fit and adjust.
--- Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com> wrote:
> The Delco unit has the same pulley; same diameter, same location,
> same same
> same. You don't change anything, not even the belt. Like I said,
> it's about a
> 15 minute job, including the time you spend contemplating the clock
> position of
> the connectors. The hardest part of the job is determining which
> of the two
> wires you hook up to the GM pigtail which way. Do save yourself a
> headache, and
> get one of the curved GM alternator tensioner arms, its easier then
> cobing
> something up and it looks right.
>
> RC1NUKE@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Does that mean that the Delco alternator pulley has a larger
> diameter? If so
> > wouldn't that reduce the load on the engine allowing for more
> power to the
> > driveshaft?
>
>
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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