taking out smog pump and a/c soon. looked it up on here and everyone says i would need the a/c delete pulley ($33 form gmpartsdirect or something) but i was looking today and if it is possible to go over and around the tensioner instead of out to the pulley and back down to it.
i just dont want that HUGE fugly bracket on the pass. side if its not needed for anything.
i'll try to rig up a pic and get it on here if i can and anyone thinks its possible

 

i'll answer my own question. an extra pulley is NOT needed. i took all the crap out this weekend and it looks great. the car seems to feel a lil better now (probably all in my head) and i like the idea of using a much shorter belt.

i used a 70.5" 6rib belt for $15 and thats all it took. just run the belt over the tensioner instead of under and the rest of the routing is the same.

 

Does that actually work? I made a plate and bolted an idler from a 2.8 camaro on it and drilled it to fit the a/c housing bolts.

 

yup, it works great, i've noticed better gas mileage too. i like the idea of fabricating a plate/bracket. i'll have to look into it, it would be nice to get rid of that huge awful empty bracket there now.
if there was a way to adjust the alt. hieght i think it would be possible to bypass the idler (and whole pass. side bracket) right?

 

I see some aftermarkets use a turnbuckle with rod ends to tension the alternator on a serpentine. I like the auto tensioner cuz im lazy, but would like to clear the passenger side out or maybe somehow move the alternator over there to make room for the procharger I might buy but will probably (hopefully) come to my senses and better invest that money into a 95 camaro six I was lookin at..... Off the topic. Income tax time burns holes in my pocket.


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'88 Camaro RS 2.8L
'88 Formula 350 (Too many mods to list...)