Homemade Serpentine Brackets

[LiLDrumKing3]

Originally Posted by PGSigns

I think there is an 1 1/2" difference between the two. That is a lot to fill. I am kind of old school and was brought up to use the kiss method. So I design using as much off the shelf and the bare minimum of parts. From more than 35 years of drag racing here are a couple of things I have seen. Water pump spacers leak over time with the thermal expansion and creep from load. Pulley spacers never seem to keep the pulleys as true as them being directly bolted up. Long bolts with spacers flex and have problems with staying tight. The load that the belt puts on brackets is higher than most folks think during acceleration. I have built some brackets I knew were plenty strong and broke them. Good luck with this and keep us posted on how it is progressing.
Jimmy

Thank you for all your information. It is definitely something I need to consider. Keep in my, this model is not finished. There are still some things that I have left out, such as reinforcement on the bracket it self. Also, the long tubular looking spacers in the picture will be shorter, thicker and threaded. I drew the ones in the model just to show the spacing of the two brackets. I also have something in mind to keep the tension steady, but I wont really know what's going to work till I put it all together and test it out.

I'm trying to get an updated model that shows a little more information. But I'm pretty new to that program I'm working and it's not going as fast as I would like

The purpose of this bracket system was to have the nice clean look of the March Performance kit and not spend a fortune on it. I am willing to dedicate the time and work to design a bracket I'm happy with, so I will just keep adjusting it till it's perfect. This isn't going in a truck that I will be racing with, but you never know I might use this design on some other motors as well.