Classic Auto Air Bracket kits on Small Blocks? Need photos
I used Classic's set up that utilizes the stock AC crank pulley, and the stock AC water pump pulley. That arrangement originally uses a single belt running the Water pump and power steering pump, and a double belt running the alternator and the AC compressor. The problem with this is that the compressor is too far forward and you can only use a single belt on the alternator and compressor - when I complained their response was: "you only need one belt"...NOT. When the engine gets hot the single belt slips and squeals like a pig. I am presently in the process of realigning the belts so I can use the proper double belt. This meant finding a deeper crank pulley, a shallower water pump pulley and realigning the alternator and Power steering pump forward about 9/16th of an inch so all the double pulleys align. Why, you might ask didn't you just move the compressor back. That's because, as it is, you have to grind on the thermostat housing to fit the compressor on Classic's brackets (it says right in the instructions that you have to do this). There is no way to move it back another 9/16th of an inch. I really don't think this configuration will work at all for the OP's current thermostat housing set up. The intake on this car is an Edelbrock LD-4B.
By the way, this is a real domino effect - you replace the crank pulley to align with the compressor and realign the alternator to match the compressor and crank, and now the forward belt of the pair interferes with the water pump & power steering belt so you have to move those forward to get them out of the way. As long as you do it in a way that the water pump pulley and fan are still mounted to the face of the water pump impeller (NO spacing the old pulley forward!!!) it all fits nicely. It's just a pain in the patoot, and it is appalling that Classic sells this stuff as a "PERFECT FIT KIT". This isn't the only "adjustment" that I had to make to utilized their product...
I used Classic's set up that utilizes the stock AC crank pulley, and the stock AC water pump pulley. That arrangement originally uses a single belt running the Water pump and power steering pump, and a double belt running the alternator and the AC compressor. The problem with this is that the compressor is too far forward and you can only use a single belt on the alternator and compressor - when I complained their response was: "you only need one belt"...NOT. When the engine gets hot the single belt slips and squeals like a pig. I am presently in the process of realigning the belts so I can use the proper double belt. This meant finding a deeper crank pulley, a shallower water pump pulley and realigning the alternator and Power steering pump forward about 9/16th of an inch so all the double pulleys align. Why, you might ask didn't you just move the compressor back. That's because, as it is, you have to grind on the thermostat housing to fit the compressor on Classic's brackets (it says right in the instructions that you have to do this). There is no way to move it back another 9/16th of an inch. I really don't think this configuration will work at all for the OP's current thermostat housing set up. The intake on this car is an Edelbrock LD-4B.
By the way, this is a real domino effect - you replace the crank pulley to align with the compressor and realign the alternator to match the compressor and crank, and now the forward belt of the pair interferes with the water pump & power steering belt so you have to move those forward to get them out of the way. As long as you do it in a way that the water pump pulley and fan are still mounted to the face of the water pump impeller (NO spacing the old pulley forward!!!) it all fits nicely. It's just a pain in the patoot, and it is appalling that Classic sells this stuff as a "PERFECT FIT KIT". This isn't the only "adjustment" that I had to make to utilized their product...
