Hey classy 79,Originally Posted by classic79
Alt hookup was two wires, brown wire to volt gauge and bat terminal lug on alt gets hooked to battery- very easy. My A/C conversion kit... not so much... The A/C compressor conversion kit I purchased seems to work fine if you have ls brackets from what I can tell. I am using the accessory brackets that come with all vortec truck engines. The kit uses the stock belt tensioner but the tensioner won't stay where it should once the engine starts. It swings toward the compressor and the tensioner pully hits a bracket bolt... and the belt gets too slack to run the compressor. I have tried every combination of idler pully diameter (there are 3 pullies you can swap out) with no luck. The belt is so tight that it take about 15 minutes of fighting with it to get it on with the tensioner puller all the way back. When you release the tension, everything looks fine and tight, until you start the engine. The swing of the truck tensioner (the arc) isn't capable of putting tension in the right place on the belt without moving all the way to rest. I have ordered another a/c compressor conversion kit for my stock R4 compressor. This kit is from Novak, they are a jeep engine conversion company that just so happens to make a sweet looking kit. They have a fantastic customer service department that has hands on experience with v8 ls engine conversions. Their kit comes with a new compressor for around $580 and agreed to sell me a kit w/o the compressor for $300. I just wish I bought this kit first. Here is a photo of their kit. This is top shelf.
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I will post pics of me enjoying a cool arctic blast while burning some rubber. Anyway- hope this answers your question.
Z-Rod
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