Serpentine Drive Brackets

[biobry]

I picked up a set of the aluminum brackets to convert my 85 GMC to Serpentine belt. I bead blasted the brackets, and was thinking of spraying them with clear to help preserve the appearance...any thoughts on this?

Thanks

Bryan

 

[ryoken]

Eastwood makes some nice clear in gloss and satin....http://www.eastwoodcompany.com/jump.jsp?itemID=776&itemType=CATEGORY&iMainCat=439&iSubCat=776

 

[85burbanator]

i plan on converting to serpentine belts on my blazer. the motor is out of a 1990 blazer and has the v belts. what vehicles have the same accesory placement but use serpentine belts? im also ditching the a/c.

 

[1979jimmy350]

any tbi truck with a 4.3 v6 or small block V8 would work. These brackets are all the same and when they don't have ac a idler pulley was just added where the compressor would normally be. S-10 blazers are a great source for these as long as the have the 4.3 engine.

 

[sled_dog]

no serpentine setups have the same accessory setup. Alternator is on opposite side, same for the A/C, its just the way it is. Means a pain if you have A/C, need to have new lines made or get the lines from the donor vehicle. If no A/C its not hard to change. You need a new water pump as well, the V-Belt one is a standard flow but the serpentine is a reverse flow since the belt runs the other way across its pulley. Doesn't hurt to get a new water pump anyway. I haven't located a nice aluminum reverse flow but I haven't really looked either. Going rear radiator so more flow will be neccessary as well as a little bit lighter is always good.