1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass AC bracket question

[bluemagic920]

Then you had a Chevy 305 in there and the AC compressor is on the driver's side?

Yes

If you can post a picture of your AC bracket and where it is supposed to mount, you might be able to use an aftermarket SBC AC bracket designed for headers to give you the clearance you need.

this is the bracket, the the second is the picture of the exhaust. I don’t have one showing the bracket up agaisbt the new exhaust but I can get tomorrow

 

[565bbchevy]

Yes

this is the bracket, the second is the picture of the exhaust. I don’t have one showing the bracket up against the new exhaust but I can get tomorrow

So if you put a long stud where the bolt is and added a spacer or nut to move it out further would you be able to clear the new manifold? And would you be able to make an adjustment to keep it lined up?

 

[bluemagic920]

So if you put a long stud where the bolt is and added a spacer or nut to move it out further would you be able to clear the new manifold? And would you be able to make an adjustment to keep it lined up?

Possibly, I’ll check that tomorrow and see if something like that would work

 

[pagrunt]

There should be a pair of studs with the integral nut in the middle for the the R4 compressor bracket & even the bracket for non AC cars. I think they are the same lenth as if the older "under port" manifolds ('64-'77 A bodies for example, some '78-possible '80 had them for the driver side but mostly on 350's) & newer "over port", "log" manifolds ('78 up A/G's, almost all GM cars from '81 on). Those Hookers should be very close to the older ones they are based off of at the spot.

 

[79 USA 1]

When I added long tube headers on my 86 El Camino I ended up file fitting the A/C bracket to slip past the wider header tube. Cyclone recommended cutting one ear off the bracket and grinding the remaining one to fit.
I file fit both ears to fit over the tube. May be the same thing needed here to have the bracket fit the thicker casting on the Hooker manifold.

 

[bluemagic920]

When I added long tube headers on my 86 El Camino I ended up file fitting the A/C bracket to slip past the wider header tube. Cyclone recommended cutting one ear off the bracket and grinding the remaining one to fit.
I file fit both ears to fit over the tube. May be the same thing needed here to have the bracket fit the thicker casting on the Hooker manifold.

Ok, I will look into doing that. Thank you