Looks great! I'm amazed how many people (including me!) bought aftermarket belt systems for Chevy engines and they didn't fit. What the heck is wrong with these companies that they can't make a system that fits what it's supposedly made for? I had to do a bunch of modifying to get my system to work on the Camaro.

 

Very well done. What a wonderful engine and serpentine system. From where you got the serpentine system?

 

Is it march serpentine?

 

Yes it is a march performance kit. Fit like **** to tell you the truth. I had to modify two of the mounts with a die grinder to get it to fit on the water pump. The rear power steering bracket wasn't used so it was a waste of money. The rear alternator support didnt fit and had to be custom made. Wasn't exactly worth the money i paid.

 

Setup looks good. What was the purpose of the back alternator bracket, just to have a spacer with pizazz?

 

Being a tall deck, the top left head bolt hole did not line up with the bolt that goes through the alternator. It is out by about 1/4" or so i would guess. I had to have that bracket custom made as March doesn't make one that works for that engine. I actually ended up stripping out that bolt hole on the head before i knew about the problem. The reason i wanted it all fancy was to not ruin how nice the March stuff looks.

This is part of the reason that i advise people looking for a large engine to not go with a tall deck and stay with a regular BBC.

 

Any progress? or still abroad?

 

Home now. Been to the dentist 2 times in the last couple days and have to go once more tomorrow, then once more next week and am all done. All the fun things after not going for 10 years.

Anyways, nothing really much to report on my car. Been into the shop several times but my buddy is too busy to get it on the hoist to get much of it done. I did however bolt down the new seats and they look great in there. If i am doing alright tomorrow after the dentist i will work on it some more. Need to put in the B&M shifter. Started on that today but lost steam. I will snap some photos of the seats tomorrow.

I do have a question though. I worked a bit on the steering shaft and found that i lost the bolt that holds the intermediate shaft onto the splines at the end of the column. The spot i am talking about is right on the fire wall. It is a special bolt i remember with a square head and almost splines on it. I do not know where this went, and i tried a regular bolt but it doesnt hold the intermediate from sliding off of the column splines. Has anyone ever seen these bolts for sale or know where i can get one? I can take a picture tomorrow if needed.

 

This is the bolt you want. Not a square head, but a square shank just below the head:
64 79 Steering Intermediate Column Shaft Swivel Boot Connection Clamp Bolt Nut | eBay

 

Thanks for the help, now just have to figure out how to get this sent to canada.