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Vortech water pump and tensioner pulley issue

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TOOLOW91 said:
Correct , I used to have to walk the belt over the water pump and I got tired of that so I used a small block Chevy alternator bracket and bent it like the Vortech mount and now I can manually tension the alternator
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This is a pretty nice idea to get it less difficult to install ( take a longer belt ) and then take off the slack by ajusting alternator on the bracket, love it !
 

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Crooner88 said:
This is a pretty nice idea to get it less difficult to install ( take a longer belt ) and then take off the slack by ajusting alternator on the bracket, love it !
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If you look through it’s more toward the last 10-12 pages probably I think I took pictures of it and what I did
 
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Update,

I drilled a new hole for the tensioner pin to reclock it upward, with a longer belt that slip easier on the wp pulley i have to take off the small leftover slack. I did shim the vortech alternator bracket but did not like the way it was seating and it was very difficult to put the belt on again. So i ordered the adjustable alternator bracket just like TOOLOW91 and everything should be fine. Didn't even have to change my original wp pulley for the 93 cobra !
 
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Crooner88 said:
Update,

I drilled a new hole for the tensioner pin to reclock it upward, with a longer belt that slip easier on the wp pulley i have to take off the small leftover slack. I did shim the vortech alternator bracket but did not like the way it was seating and it was very difficult to put the belt on again. So i ordered the adjustable alternator bracket just like TOOLOW91 and everything should be fine. Didn't even have to change my original wp pulley for the 93 cobra !
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It makes me happy when people actually read through all my nonsense and can take something from it. Glad to see you making headway
 
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TOOLOW91 said:
It makes me happy when people actually read through all my nonsense and can take something from it. Glad to see you making headway
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Your thread on "Fun in the Bedroom" nearly got me killed.
 
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It makes me happy when people actually read through all my nonsense and can take something from it. Glad to see you making headway
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Thank you , very appreciated
 

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Your thread on "Fun in the Bedroom" nearly got me killed.
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Loose the handcuff key again?
 

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Your thread on "Fun in the Bedroom" nearly got me killed.
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That’s only what I let people know I do , you should see the rest
 
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Kind of blown away that no one suggested finding a smaller diameter idler pulley and a shorter belt.

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