57 chevy alternator conversion help needed

[toddstergto67]

i''ve been building a 57 chevy for the last year and now i'm putting a alternator on it, it has a 1962 327 and i installed a chrome F bracket i bought on ebay to mount the alternator,the problem i have is i dont know what to use for pulleys, the water pump and crankshaft, i have a couple pulleys from a 71 350 but the alternator does seem to want to line up, do i need 57 chevy pulleys? can anyone help? todd

[r66ss]

i''ve been building a 57 chevy for the last year and now i'm putting a alternator on it, it has a 1962 327 and i installed a chrome F bracket i bought on ebay to mount the alternator,the problem i have is i dont know what to use for pulleys, the water pump and crankshaft, i have a couple pulleys from a 71 350 but the alternator does seem to want to line up, do i need 57 chevy pulleys? can anyone help? todd

Todd

First of all, what are u using for a water pump, Short shaft of long shaft? Crank and Water pump pullies are bought for what ever pump a person is using .
Also, what heads u using, see you have a 62 < 327> Are they drilled for brackets?

[toddstergto67]

hi, i'm using the short waterpump, the heads are 67 double hump with no bolt holes for brackets, todd

[Typhoontx]

Single groove pulleys.

Transdapt p/n 8602 bottom 8600 top, black powdercoated assuming your using a bracket that locates the alt off the exhaust manifolds/headers on the drivers side
If your planning on powersteering and or ac later you need to take that into account and buy the 2 or 3 groove setups that way you save having to buy another set later.

They have many other styles such as chrome and billet ones.
single,double and triple belt setups. , Just look at jegs and summit they have all kinds of vendors pulleys to look through, or search the boneyards for
what you need any pre long water pump chevy small block should have the correct ones, but i'd imagine they would be rare to find a set. Though in the early years the 283's crank pulley was rivited to the balancer so you best avoid those. at least for the crank pulley the water pump one should be usuable.

Regards,

Robert

[lexopolis]

Do you have the wiring harness? I have a NEW one posted from Factory Fit. It is for an external regulator. Here is the link to the ad. Also have a NEW regulator, mentioned in the ad.

http://www.trifive.com/classified/showproduct.php?product=1795&cat=500

[carls 56]

here is a pics of my 327 with alt, might help ;):)

[557B210]

i''ve been building a 57 chevy for the last year and now i'm putting a alternator on it, it has a 1962 327 and i installed a chrome F bracket i bought on ebay to mount the alternator,the problem i have is i dont know what to use for pulleys, the water pump and crankshaft, i have a couple pulleys from a 71 350 but the alternator does seem to want to line up, do i need 57 chevy pulleys? can anyone help? todd

Todd....Robert is right on the money....The alternator arrangement you have is meant for the short water pump and its associated pulley system....However, don't give up....You should be able to fabricate a bracket that that moves the alternator further forward to accomodate the long-style water pump and its pulleys, if that's the direction that you want to go.