Decluttering the stock 318

DartGTDan said
This is what I did on my (318) '71 Dart GT.

Here is a picture of the factory original setup:
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and a drawing of the original components, pulleys, and belts layout
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I then purchased (from Ebay) another set of (altermator/AC compressor) brackets

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and made some cuts.
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I purchased another power steering belt (Federal PS pump) and installed it as shown
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Here is the drawing of the modified components, pulleys, and belts layout
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I then replaced the cut down (Ebay pruchased) front bracket. I used a small block chevy chrome alternator adjusting arm fit/cut to my needs
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Here is what it looks like today(ish) with several thousand miles on it.
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dlogretsud72 said
Wow! I can't get this kind of information from my circle of car guys. Mopar must be pretty special because most can only talk about Chevy or Ford. I've always like my mopars. Thanks for the pics. I work in a machine shop and these brackets don't look like they would be hard to make if I had the specs, but removing and cutting away the A/C bracket looks pretty simple.

Dan's way may work, but you won't be able to order belts off the chart as you are then making it an orphan... I also would be skeptical of the single bar bracket from the water pump with only one mounting hole - what is to keep it from vibrating/moving under load... Two mounting bolts would be more stable for a solid center pivot mounting point for the alternator...

If that's what you want to do, it's your car and go for it... If you use the components that I recommended, you can order belts for a non A/c car from any parts store and get the right parts... The way I recommended will get you to the stock configuration so ordering parts will be much easier...