Chris
I also bought the same alternator, single pulley. 53Rat suggested driving the alt off the pump. Either way would need one of them to have a double pulley. Please keep me informed. I'll do same. Thanks Bob

 

Bob,

Here is my progress so far - I have posted them on my gallery. took picts with camera so I don't think the quality is that good. Will repost later. I bought both brackets and modified them.

Chris
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What you've done looks good but couldn't you double up the pulley on the crank, running it off the alternator might be hard on the bearings, my thought anyways.

 

i was looking at the pics,is the alt. going to turn the S.P. fast (or slow)enough,or does it matter?

 

I know it was brought up befor but do you think the heat from the exhaust manifold will have any effect on the alt?

 

i think you might want to fab up some kind of heat shield for the alt.i all so think that you would need to run the double pully on the crank to run the S.P.if you run it off the alt it will run way to fast for the pump(look at the pics in cword's gallery)that alt pulley is way to small to run the S.P.i could be wrong,but i think it needs to run off a pulley the size of the crank pulley.just my thoughts.

 

Sorry edit.

 

Roy,

I might need a heat shield as the alt is only 2 ins from the manifold and I know they draw air from the back of the alt.

The pump pulley is the same size as the crank pulley - so it should run at the same speed as they are attached to the same size double pulley on the alternator.?? Right?? The alt should run fast as it has a small pulley and the pump should run slow as it has the same gear ratio as the crank.

Chris

 

I still think it would eat the bearings in your alternator

 

ok ,that makes sense.sorry about that..it just didnt look right.

 

56 why is it you think it will eat the bearings? it would be better if the pics were here on the thread,but anyway ,looking at them again im wounding if there is enough upward movement on the alt to get the belt tight,it loks to me like the bracket arches the same line as the crank.

just so you know,im not trying to put any ones work down or any thing like that,this is all just my2 cent.

 

Roy,

I bought some belts today so will let you know if it all works - apparently this is the way that Bobs F100 in Southern Cal do it.

I do have another pulley fabbed for the crank, but the belt interferes with the the front engine mounting bracket. That is my fallback solution if the alt. thing does not work. I suppose if I have to hack a bit off the mounting to clear the belt - I will.

I am still a long way off as I am just rebuilding the Volare clip with new bushings/bearings and all that good stuff.

Chris

 

I just think that the bearings in an alternator are a weak point to drive anything from and is expensive to replace. I think that your best drive pulley would be off the crank where the power originates. It's just my thoughts and not trying to polk a stick in your spokes. Did you ever give any thought to a serpentine system off a late model I-6, but I've been told the the serpentine system can be hard on the alternators as well because of the tension of the system which may be why I've replaced so many on my newer vehicles and why I think driving something from the alterator might be a problem down the road. Hopefully someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I kind of agree with you and if I had my druthers - I would use the crank as it makes more sense. I have a frend with a 56 with a V8 and that is the way his is set up.

However, on his setup the generator is on the other side of the engine. With the 6 all the radiator hoses obstruct it on that side.

How do you post pictures directly in the thread?

Chris

 

You can post them from your gallery using the forum codes, at the bottom of each picture there are the words forum codes, click on that, a box will appear highlight the code,copy and paste in the thread and the picture will appear in your thread

Sorry I just noticed you have only 14 posts, I don't think you will be able to do it until you have 25