I just took these at work. Excuse the bad shadow. I didn't have any where else to take these.

 

Pass. side

 

Engine pic.

 

:hail: hopefully i can get my car as nice as that. gorgeous...great job man!

 

looks like it's coming along nicely.

 

I keep wanting to put more money into it, but my wife keeps telling me not to. We have this deal that when I get the Chevelle I want, she can have the Corvette she wants. The faster I sell this car and get my Chevelle, the faster she gets her Vette. I think next Spring its going up for sale. Thanks for the compliments.

 

NICE engine bay.

 

any better shots of who you cut your brackets and ran your belt?

 

Here is an older pic. If you want pics of how I mounted the alt. let me know, I will e-mail them to you.

Image removed- read the rules please.

 

looks awesome what brand of hood is that and i take it its a 4" rise?

 

very nice car although im not a big fan of the pin stripe

 

jon- great looking car. how do you like your annihilator ignition box? i cant wait to fire mine up.

 

Looks nasty... in a good way! Keep it clean, man. I dig the older style IROC rims, I've only seen the opposite (new rims/old car) until now.

 

im so jealous of that engine bay.

 

do the older iroc rims fit properly? what about backspacing? i might put my irocs on my 91z too see how they look after i get it fixed.

 

looking good there.

 

hey..nice engine! like the way you used the a/c belt tensioner without the compressor. i heard you had to get a non-a/c bracket if i wanted to remove my compressor. looks like your way works well. although my altenator is on the other side (i have a '88 L98) think i could do the same as you? i want to remove the compressor, and the smog pump

 

nice ride....only thing is i hate the way those half-cowls look....imo it looks MUCH better to get a hood w/ the cowl running the length of it

 

yes you can just need to relocate your alt. wires

 

what i want to know is:


how did he swap the way the tensioner worked??


where did he get that STB?

 

all i can say is WOW!!!
you're car is not only sweet but is also pretty close to where i live....i live in kentland.....well now im in fort wayne cuz of college...but still...thats awesome!!! didnt know i had a fellow thirdgenner that close....

 

Gee, I wonder why your tires are bald

Really hot looking car man, that motor looks absolutely awesome, simething like I hope to have one day.

 

how long should the belt be

 

i love how your car looks. the hood looks awsome on it IMO :-D

 

Thanks for all the compliments. The hood: It is a 4" add on pc. from Harwood. I would have much rather had the full cowl hood, but its about $400, plus paint. I paid a total of $220 for that to be put on, and painted. The pinstripe is way out of place. I don't like it at all. If you can see in the pic, little spots are gone. I got to hot while buffing the paint, and it cut through in some areas. The Annihilator ignition is a real nice pc. The versatility is outstanding. I am still having a problem with mine though. Every so often the whole ignition will go out, tach to zero, then come back a split second later. After this happens, sometimes the tach will even stay at zero and bounce to 500 real fast, but the car runs normal. All wires are covered idividually with plastic conduit. I am pretty sure all 3rd gen wheels will fit all 3rd gens. I know the ones I have fit just as well as the 91-92 wheels did. The STB was home made. With as cheap as they are now, I will not do that again. It was to much of a PITA. The front, black plate has to be rotated the opposite direction for the belt tensioner to work in the way I have it. Its not hard at all to do. The belt I am using is a Dayco # 5060770.

 

Nice ride. That engine bay looks sweet!

 

i emailed you to the address in your profile but i got my message back saying "Delivery to the recipient failed." my email address is jake@wolfyserver.net if you can send me the pictures. thanks

 

Here is a link to an old post where I have pics of the alternator brackets posted.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...69#post1491969

Josh

 

so you basically flipped the tensioner and cut up the ac bracket?

 

Yup. Thats about it! When you take off the front black plate, its going to spring in one direction. When you put it back together, rotate that plate in the opposite direction. Its pretty easy. It took me almost a day to figure that out!!

 

heh...very cool man very cool. thanks for the info