new to me engine - what to do with it ?

mikeman:

from picture 1 in post #26, I don't like the way the alternator is set up. No triangular bracket for the pivot, and it looks like the wrong curved bracket for the adjustment, not to mention that the alternator has a double pulley on it which is for an A/C car, non A/C cars had a single pulley alternator. The belts will not line up correctly if you have the proper pulleys....

I would check the pulleys to make sure that they are correct. If you can get some more close up pictures of the front of the engine showing the alternator, water pump, crank and p/s pulleys so I can see if they are ok or not.

Here are some pictures of a small block that my son and I built for his 71 Valiant. It has the aluminum water pump like yours and we also converted his from an original A/C car to a non A/C car.

I also would recommend bending a steel fuel line and minimize the amount of rubber for your fuel line. Here's a shot of how we bent ours, however, we are using a Holley carb, and you have the edelbrock, so you have to make adjustments for the different inlet, but here's how we routed ours:

Notice the triangular bracket for the pivot of the alternator:

View attachment Ken 360 041114 Fuel Line A01 B.jpg

View attachment Ken 360 041114 Fuel Line A05 B.jpg

Here are some shots of our alternator-water pump-crank pulleys and how they line up.

View attachment Ken 360 041114 Pulley A01 B2.jpg

View attachment Ken 360 041114 Pulley A02 B2.jpg

View attachment Ken 360 041114 Pulley A03 B2.jpg


Here's a link to Bouchellon performance for the alternator brackets. I believe that the non chrome one also comes with the proper bolts and spacers to mount the alternator:

http://bouchillonperformance.com/5251_alternator_brackets


Here's the 70 and later alternator bracket and mounting spacers and bolts from Mancini Racing:

http://www.manciniracing.com/albrac1970up.html


Here it is in chrome:

http://www.manciniracing.com/a1laalmokitw.html


Both companies also carry the alternators with the single pulley. Here's the link for Mancini Racing alternators:

http://www.manciniracing.com/chromal.html


bouchellon performance alternators:

http://bouchillonperformance.com/alternators


These are kind of expensive, but some of the cheaper ones from O'reilleys and Auto Zone may be bad off the shelf....


Here's the proper water pump pulley:

http://www.manciniracing.com/mawapua70upw.html


In chrome:

http://www.manciniracing.com/machwapua70u.html


Here's the proper double groove crank pulley for non A/C and power steering:

http://www.manciniracing.com/maabcrwipost.html


This will help get you back to the factory correct set up for your period car. I am concerned about the way that the alternator is mounted without the center pivot bolt triangular bracket... :???: