No Power Steering, No A/C, No Smog Pump...?

5.0L Miata · May 18, 2005

Hey All,

I droped the engine in the car this afternoon and was getting to think about how the acces. belt is going to work on this engine.

I am running no PS, no A/C, no smog pump and I don't have an idler pulley...although I don't think the car had one. All I have is the alternator, tensioner, water pump, and crank. The alternartor and crank are grooved and the other two are not.

Has anyone ran this setup before? If so...how did you configure this to work properly?

Thanks,

Brett

GroverDill · May 18, 2005

Standard rotation water pump
March Alt bracket PN#1465
looked like this before the blower.

Jason5.0 · May 19, 2005

yup i run that setup, i bought the march ac delete kit from summit and it has provisions to delete the powersteering as well, here is a pic of my setup,
the silver pieces are the march ac delete kit

mikeflys1 · May 19, 2005

5.0L Miata, you have any pics of the car? I love the monster miatas.

5.0L Miata · May 19, 2005

Thanks guys. I was hoping I wouldn't have to buy anything to make this work, but perhaps I do. Crap.

Pictures of the car in progress can be found here:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/551020

D347643 · May 19, 2005

hell why not get an elec w/p? im only running the crank and alt.

90mustangGT · May 19, 2005

I agree, EWP's are worth 10rwhp/10rwtq across the powerband, and that is about the average with every car with one. Since you need the bracket anyways, might as well go all out.

GroverDill · May 19, 2005

D347643 said:
hell why not get an elec w/p? im only running the crank and alt.

sn9550 · May 19, 2005

I wouldn't spend the money on the March AC delete, it's not worth it (I tried it). I went with a www.stewartcomponents.com standard rotation water pump ( any standard rotaion pump for a 79-85 will work) and a ASP grooved water pump pulley. If you have underdrive pulleys you'll probably need a 44.5" belt. I have an overdrive alt. pulley so I used a 43.5" belt. You can check "my garage" or my stangnet sit for pics.

cjman15 · May 19, 2005

electric water pump? i want one haha

5.0L Miata · May 20, 2005

Ok, thanks guys. Looks like I have a few choices...not sure which way to go. Guess I'll see what way is most economical.

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