Holley AC bracket
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From: Enschede, Netherlands
Car: 82 TA 87 IZ L98 88 IZ LB9 88 IZ L98
Engine: 5.7TBI 5,7TPI 5.0TPI, 5,7TPI
Transmission: T5, 700R4, T5, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.08, 3.27, 3.45, 3.27
Holley AC bracket
Holley has a nice AC bracket option, for sanden compressors and R3 compressors. For our cars, the R3 is a nice option since you can reuse the original one you have. Anyway, I'm adding it to a c3 corvette w/ 04 GTO engine but the drive system is the same mid drive short water pump like on camaro ls engines, popular for these swaps. Anhyway, for the bracket you also need a specific installation kit (specific to the accy drive setup) Some of the components you have to buy are an idler pulley and a tensioner (the stock tensioner is too big, the housing has long legs that won't work)
Anyway, what I found out is,...there is quite a bit of money to eb saved there.
They list a holley tensioner for a little over 100. It's the same one as this one, almost half price. Maybe you can get it cheaper locally
http://www.summitracing.com/int/part...9283/overview/
Then there's the idler pulley, 40 or thereabouts from holley, 17 for the same thing
http://www.summitracing.com/int/part...9007/overview/
All in all, it's a pretty nice piece with an OEM look to the cast bracket. I did have to do a little grinding to it to clear the plug on the back of the compressor (the brass thing on the bottom, not the electrical connector)
If it fits a low profile C3 hood, it fits most anything (even the stock hoses fit)
Anyway, what I found out is,...there is quite a bit of money to eb saved there.
They list a holley tensioner for a little over 100. It's the same one as this one, almost half price. Maybe you can get it cheaper locally
http://www.summitracing.com/int/part...9283/overview/
Then there's the idler pulley, 40 or thereabouts from holley, 17 for the same thing
http://www.summitracing.com/int/part...9007/overview/
All in all, it's a pretty nice piece with an OEM look to the cast bracket. I did have to do a little grinding to it to clear the plug on the back of the compressor (the brass thing on the bottom, not the electrical connector)
If it fits a low profile C3 hood, it fits most anything (even the stock hoses fit)




