AC delete question

Don W.

Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Found a thread that seemed to just end, MightyMouse? RPM's site is being upgraded so can't look right now. Sooo...

AC compressor delete options anyone? Pics? I'd like to loose that entire bracket but don't want to give up good coverage of the belt around the water pump pulley either.

Thanks for whatever you have. :tup:
 
SY2932

SY2932

Administrator
Re: AC delete question

Here are the pics of RPM's prototype AC delete pulley:

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It is worth noting that what you see in the pics above is NOT exactly what you will get. The production pieces look a *little* different...

To date there are four ways that you can go about removing the AC if you decided that you can live without it. RPM's has the maximum serpentine belt contact on the H2O pump. In descending order it would be MightyMouse, Vasplieon and lastly TYTILIDIE which is what I installed on my bud's truck as well as my own a few years ago:

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bezerk

bezerk

New member
Re: AC delete question

i have the rpm pulley in my pt61 but if you have a bigger turbo it won't work, if you try to change the position of the tensioner it will flip back, the mike renz bracket is a much better solution
 
Don W.

Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Re: AC delete question

So far I like Vasplieon's. Does anyone have the part # for that tensioner with the grooved pulley? A Pick n Pull is close so a year model would help also.

Thanks for the ideas and pics! Now that I have these ideas I might even work on one of my own.:rotf:
 
SY2932

SY2932

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Re: AC delete question

midnightbluS10 said:
What about the option Jimmy posted right below this thread?

http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73248
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I'm pretty sure everyone knows about that option ;). I didn't include it since Don W. said he wanted to put his truck on a diet and loose some weight like me and a few others on here...

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Don, I have one of those tensioners in the garage. I will look to see if it has a part number cast on it when I get home unless someone else beats me to it.
 
KDBL1TY

KDBL1TY

Member
Re: AC delete question

I dont have a picture but I cut a junk yard air compressor housing bracket down to the flat portion then. I drilled a couple of holes and inverted an LS1 pulley from car quest. Full contact with water pump. Tensioner works great 3 years and counting.
 
TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
Re: AC delete question

Don, IMHO, Vasplieons method is by FAR the best way to do it. It is too damn easy and looks awesome, super clean. To me the replacement pulley method is kind of lame. Once you ditch that entire your bracket on the left side for the AC it all just makes too much sense.
 
sy2675

sy2675

He Saved the Pimp'n Game!
Re: AC delete question

im with gumby! i have a similar setup and the water pump has had no issues. Looks super clean, lots of extra room, less weight, yadda yadda yadda my $.02
 
TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
Re: AC delete question

I totally agree with he looks of that set up, however, once you start having to take your belt on and off it becomes kind of a pain. With the tensioner pulley on the bracket, it is too easy to r&r the belt.:2cents: It makes the same contact as the other set up on the pump pulley. I have never had an issue with either set up squealing the belt.
 
sy2675

sy2675

He Saved the Pimp'n Game!
Re: AC delete question

TYTILIDIE said:
I totally agree with he looks of that set up, however, once you start having to take your belt on and off it becomes kind of a pain. With the tensioner pulley on the bracket, it is too easy to r&r the belt.:2cents: It makes the same contact as the other set up on the pump pulley. I have never had an issue with either set up squealing the belt.
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I have never dealt with the other setups, but i would have to agree that if you needed to r&r the belt, it would be easier with a tensioner. But i have not taken my belt off in over 2 years, but how hard do you think it would be to loosen two nuts, loosen the adjuster and pull the belt off? its not like pulling the plugs on a stock syty. :lol:
 
TYTILIDIE

TYTILIDIE

METH HEAD
Re: AC delete question

HAHA. True true. It is not that hard at all but when I had that set up, I took my belt off enough for the set up to show its downfall. Other thing I dont like about that set up is that you have to hack that bracket up A LOT!!
 
SY2932

SY2932

Administrator
Re: AC delete question

TYTILIDIE said:
To me the replacement pulley method is kind of lame. Once you ditch that entire your bracket on the left side for the AC it all just makes too much sense.
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Yeah, go BIG or go home :D! That's why I ditched the mechanical fan too. Makes getting to the IC pump, idler arm, etc. pretty easy from the *top* of the truck no less. But that's another discussion altogether...

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Don, I got a number off that tensioner at home that Vasplieon used in his setup. It's a Gates tensioner. The part number is #12561094. That crosses over to a Dayco part number, 89231. You have to be careful though because different sites have a different picture for the same part number. The other pic that I see floating around has the 3/8" square drive in a different location other than behind the center of the pulley like on Vasplieon's...

I didn't have much luck trying the Gates number even on their website :squint:. HTH's
 
Flyin Ryan

Flyin Ryan

hated cuz he drives fords
Re: AC delete question

I've ran Tytilidie's ac delete for years now and never had a problem with it... yeahs the belt contact to the waterpump pulley looks bad but it's not actually as bad as it looks plus if your going electric fan route then there's no worries. Mechancial fan i'd say you might have slight belt slippage here or there so i'd suggest that route only if your going electrical fan as well.

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1madgumby

1madgumby

New member
Re: AC delete question

I can have it off on like 2 min. & back on in like 3 min with no tensioner. Like it much better without it, look better without it also. Look at D1's Tytantic, he has my old rpm A/C delete bracket on it. Look at # 24


http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73254&page=2


sy2675 said:
I have never dealt with the other setups, but i would have to agree that if you needed to r&r the belt, it would be easier with a tensioner. But i have not taken my belt off in over 2 years, but how hard do you think it would be to loosen two nuts, loosen the adjuster and pull the belt off? its not like pulling the plugs on a stock syty. :lol:
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