04-20-2017, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodneym
CVF makes some nice stuff. They make the smallest WP pulley you can put on an FE.
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I like their stuff, but I had problems with both of the bracket kits I bought: - The fittings on the PS pump interfered with the bearing mount on the steering shaft. Part of that was, of course, where the steering shaft was mounted. A compounding factor was the configuration of the return line on the back of the Saginaw pump. I ended up fabricating a short bracket to raise the inner mount point on the bracket - that made the pump more vertical and moved the lower portion up and in to clear the steering shaft bearing.
- The low mount alternator bracket would have worked on most Cobras, but the West Coast Cobra has an additional frame member that gets in the way. I tried a smaller alternator but still no-go. I had to abandon the idea and go with my old alternator mount. I may go with the CVF high mount (and matching pulley) at a later date - most likely along with a switch to a 3G alternator. FWIW, the mounting instructions were confusing as the two sheets seemed to conflict with each other. Referring to the spacer references on the photo helped - a LOT!
YMMV
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Brian
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