[litew8]

No offense taken and I appreciate your honest explanation/suggestions, as with everybody else here within the forum. He's my Brother and I coined the nickname "The Fixer" out of respect to him, but also as comic relief within the thread. I assume you've known or have first hand experience with air-gap intakes?

Funny you mention the width of the belt being too wide. Just yesterday I noticed how full it filled the pulleys. Napa (in my area) was one of the more dumber experiences for me when in search of the v-belt. I asked for a 54 1/2 inch belt, the kid came back with a 52" and was twice as thick as the one I have now. In all honesty, I hate auto stores. It stems from growing up having to deal with them - it is one of the reasons I moved on from wrenching on cars to just buying new instead. But as for the thickness, I do not know, or I will find out soon enough. I figured it being a "Gator" belt it had characteristics that produced better gripping, thus filled the pulleys better. I'm not certain they make (or sell locally to residential) a wide variety of v-belts for automotive/alternators.

If when I go and change out the bottom bracket with the aluminum Corvette bracket (which I'm afraid will break under prolong stress), I will need to get a longer belt to compensate the difference. At least in my current situation I am able to start, tune and store the truck until a later date (next summer). I've read having two fuel filters is ideal. Before and after the pump. But as you've mentioned, relocation has merit.