Serpentine belt conversion

[jrm81bu]

I beleive they mean degrees of seperation between cylinder banks.. but if someone could confirm that would be great

Yep.

 

[clean8485]

As has been said, the V6 F body serpentine setups are no good. The '82-'92 F body cars used the 60 degree V6, which has no relation to the small block, which is a 90 degree engine. Even though the 3800 V6 that was used in the '93 & newer F bodies is a 90 degree engine, it has no relation to the small block V8 either. You need to find a donor vehicle that has either the 4.3 V6 or the small block V8 with a serpentine system. A sticky here would certainly be helpful.
I got my Monte running with the serpentine system on it. Everything seems to be fine, although I haven't actually driven the car just yet (transmission fluid leak to get fixed up first). No sign of overheating (I'm using an engine driven fan for now), alternator charging normally, power steering working OK, and A.I.R. working. I'm looking forward to getting it out on the road once the transmission is fixed.

 

[79loserbluebu]

Wow, never came back to post my results in this thread. Found a used 92' Firebird V8 serpentine setup on eBay, bought it and picked it up. Threw it on the car over a long period of time, fired it up, absolutely fantastic. They came with larger alternators than our cars did too, so that's a huge plus. IMO it was the best addition to my car. No squealing belts or pains taking them off and putting them on. One yank on the tensioner and the belt is off.

 

[Doober]

Pretty much any vehicle that had a serpentine setup had a higher amperage alternator than the old SI ones did :lol:

 

[Brick442]

MAKE SURE that you use the black braces that attached from the alternator to the 1st bolt in the exhaust manifold and back of the A/C compressor to the 1st bolt in the pass. exhaust manifold (or use spacers for headers instead of ex. manifolds).

There is a reason why GM is short on the Alt/Power Steering pump aluminum bracket (P/N 12490938 is one of them). . . people decide not the bother with the braces and over time, the bottom bolt in the alt. becomes stripped from vibrations, causing the bracket to cracked where the top alternator bolt goes . . .

The brace P/N's are 10077579 and 10105267

 

[tc1959]

Here's my 92 Camaro set up, I used a new Camaro condenser, liquid line,and ac hose. (had to have hose shortened up )

 

[MonteSS88]

Wow, never came back to post my results in this thread. Found a used 92' Firebird V8 serpentine setup on eBay, bought it and picked it up. Threw it on the car over a long period of time, fired it up, absolutely fantastic. They came with larger alternators than our cars did too, so that's a huge plus. IMO it was the best addition to my car. No squealing belts or pains taking them off and putting them on. One yank on the tensioner and the belt is off.

wow i know this is old but i have a 88 monte ss with a 305 center bolt valvle cover can you give my a step by step parts list and make model to use please also do u have a pic of your setup?? and how did you rewire the alt and i wanna keep my ac so how did you keep yours??? thanks

 

[clean8485]

You need to go back and read this entire thread. All of the information that you will need is in here. Good luck with your swap.

 

[matteo650]

That's tight, didn't know u could do that, what should I take from the f-body, all the brackets , bolts , tensioner and idlers, any thing else?