Short belt for P/S, A/C and Smog delete WITH mechanical water pump?

[JKady]

Converting to manual steering, already have a/c and smog pump deleted with a short belt but wondering what others have done for belt routing while keeping the stock style water pump. My searching keeps turning up folks saying they did x-y-z with whatever belt but pictures that have been deleted/moved or no pics at all.

 

[whiplash473]

I might be misunderstanding this but why can't you just route a belt, pinch off the excess and mark it, pull it off and measure it? Then just get a belt that size.

 

[JKady]

I might be misunderstanding this but why can't you just route a belt, pinch off the excess and mark it, pull it off and measure it? Then just get a belt that size.

Just looking for ideas since like most things to do with these cars I'm sure this has already been figured out. It's also raining sideways and I don't have any place to put the car under cover to experiment at the moment.

 

[red94]

with just a quick look at the belt diagram I would try and find a ribbed idler pulley. Not sure if the angle on the WP would be an issue or not. Looks to be the easiest option w/o going with some kind of additional idler or brackets.

 

[JKady]

Yeah I'm trying to avoid having the big uggo power steering bracket left over just for an idler. I got a weather break and tried it without an idler though and it won't have enough tension against the water pump at least with stock pullies, might work with larger diameter underdrives.

 

[red94]

Well if you do that just remember your h2o pump spins the opposite direction than the crank.

 

[JKady]

Well if you do that just remember your h2o pump spins the opposite direction than the crank.

Yeah actually considering seeing If I can come up with a standard rotation pump to fit the SN timing cover and just spinning it normally.

 

[Monsterbishi]

I'd be keen to find out as well, being that I've just bought a Electrohydraulic power steering pump to fit in mine.

 

[tommybunz]

measure the length of the bracket where the idler goes, have a piece of aluminum cut to that length make a bracket, and drill a hole and tap it. or just run electric pump

 

[JKady]

measure the length of the bracket where the idler goes, have a piece of aluminum cut to that length make a bracket, and drill a hole and tap it. or just run electric pump

If it comes down to it I'll build one. And I'd rather not run an electric water pump 'cause street car.

 

[Pushrodsnake]

I was about to suggest using a standard rotation water pump and running an aftermarket bracket kit such as the March 30180 until I remembered that kit retails for about $460. Then again, the kit looks pretty clean and completely eliminates your stock brackets.

 

[JKady]

I was about to suggest using a standard rotation water pump and running an aftermarket bracket kit such as the March 30180 until I remembered that kit retails for about $460. Then again, the kit looks pretty clean and completely eliminates your stock brackets.

March doesn't sell anything that works with the SN95 timing cover unfortunately and nice looking or not $460 bucks is not gonna happen.