Looking for Serpentine Belt options
 

Getting ready to build a 350 for a truck. Don't have any pulleys or brackets to start with, so figured I would just do a serpentine belt drive. This truck will have a Vintage Air IV kit, so I will need A/C brackets.

Anyone have any ideas to help me out?

Thanks!
Jimmy

Re: Looking for Serpentine Belt options
 

If this was my problem, I'd be going to a wrecking yard, and grabbing the complete bracket, tensioner, alternator, etc from a later model truck with the 350. The only thing I'd worry about is that the block and heads you use need the mounting holes for the serpentine brackets.

Re: Looking for Serpentine Belt options
 

That's exactly what I did. Got all the pulleys, tensioner and power steering pump for $75.00.

Re: Looking for Serpentine Belt options
 

I guess this all depends on your budget. There are several high dollar billet systems out there.

Then you have the GMPP kits that are basically a factory unit, sold as one kit

then there is the of wrecking yard take offs.

The biggest concern with any of these is getting a compressor/bracket that works with the vintage air. VA recommends using sanden compressors, which are generally what you will find on any of the aftermarket billet kits.
Some of the factory GM brackets use "pancake" style compressors typically found on the later g body cars and corvette's. I have used these compressors with vintage air kits and had success as well.

Re: Looking for Serpentine Belt options
 

Bad thing about junk yards around here is that you get what they pull. You stop by and tell them what you want, and they pull it off the cars. They don't allow no one in the yard.

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Vintage Air makes a bracket to mount a Sanden compressor in place of the 'pancake' R4 compressor, part #141805. I have one with along with the aluminum brackets that I got off a '93 model 5.7. You use the aluminum serpentine drive from an 88-95 4.3/5.0/5.7 (pre vortec) and this bracket allows you to use Vintage Air's recommended compressor. OR, you could just use the R4 style. It may work with other factory serpentine brackets, but I don't have personal experience with them.

I'm using the VA Gen IV, but after I rounded up the parts I didn't care for the looks of the factory style setup, so I ended up getting one of the March Pro Track systems. Functionally, the factory brackets work fine, I just wanted a different look.

a couple of threads about it:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=585944

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=413940