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this whole project on my new motor i haven't taken any shortcuts. i figured since i'm spending all this money i want to do it right the first time and not have to re-do everything again. this is the reason why i decided to buy an 8 rib spacer kit from procharger. i called a technician and spent over 20 minutes on the phone discussing what i need.
water pump pulley spacer, spacers to space out my bracket, the right length bolts for everything, and all my idler pulley spacers/shafts.
well, $132 later we figured we had everything i should need.
my kit came today. sweet, they even through in a manual!
as i started in on getting this done, i realized the manual sucks. it tells you how to remove/install your factory pulleys and swap them with the 8 rib ones. DUH. then it started in on spacing things. it gives very little detail as to where i should use which spacers on what pulleys, and has NO step on which spacers to use on the procharger idler (the one that goes between the alt and blower.
so, i said **** the manual and started doing it the best i could. i found the correct spacers for my procharger idler pulley. THATS IT. the bolt that goes through the procharger idler from the bracket and into the offset steel spacer on the alt (he sent me a steel offset spacer. i didn't ask for one, it costed me $30 when the aluminum one is just fine) was way too short, the water pump pulley bolts he gave me (2 washers were missing) were at least an inch too long. he gave me two spacers that were 7 dollars each that go to nothing. the spacer for the lower ribbed fixed idler is definitely the wrong size.
there are pieces missing and plenty of parts i paid WAY too much for that are worthless. its like he saw a bag of parts with a water pump spacer and an offset steel spacer mixed in with a bunch of other **** and said "thats the one" and sent it to me. i'm VERY disappointed.
i could have gone to a hardware store and bought some washers, 2 longer studs, a couple longer hex bolts, and had it spaced PROPERLY for under $20.
the water pump pulley spacer was the only thing that helped me.
:cliffs
if you are looking into an 8 rib setup for a procharger, buy the pulleys from ford, a water pump pulley spacer from procharger, and space the bracket out .84" and get longer bolts and studs to work accordingly.
water pump pulley spacer, spacers to space out my bracket, the right length bolts for everything, and all my idler pulley spacers/shafts.
well, $132 later we figured we had everything i should need.
my kit came today. sweet, they even through in a manual!
as i started in on getting this done, i realized the manual sucks. it tells you how to remove/install your factory pulleys and swap them with the 8 rib ones. DUH. then it started in on spacing things. it gives very little detail as to where i should use which spacers on what pulleys, and has NO step on which spacers to use on the procharger idler (the one that goes between the alt and blower.
so, i said **** the manual and started doing it the best i could. i found the correct spacers for my procharger idler pulley. THATS IT. the bolt that goes through the procharger idler from the bracket and into the offset steel spacer on the alt (he sent me a steel offset spacer. i didn't ask for one, it costed me $30 when the aluminum one is just fine) was way too short, the water pump pulley bolts he gave me (2 washers were missing) were at least an inch too long. he gave me two spacers that were 7 dollars each that go to nothing. the spacer for the lower ribbed fixed idler is definitely the wrong size.
there are pieces missing and plenty of parts i paid WAY too much for that are worthless. its like he saw a bag of parts with a water pump spacer and an offset steel spacer mixed in with a bunch of other **** and said "thats the one" and sent it to me. i'm VERY disappointed.
i could have gone to a hardware store and bought some washers, 2 longer studs, a couple longer hex bolts, and had it spaced PROPERLY for under $20.
the water pump pulley spacer was the only thing that helped me.
:cliffs
if you are looking into an 8 rib setup for a procharger, buy the pulleys from ford, a water pump pulley spacer from procharger, and space the bracket out .84" and get longer bolts and studs to work accordingly.
