Blitz S/C being installed this Saturday!

[LtNoogie]

Now that I know how to disable the fuel pump, we do so and the engine dies after a few seconds of running.

Take off the engine cover. Most of you have seen what that looks like.



Thanks to Camell, I do not waste time looking for the non-existent air bag sensor. Everything else proceeding OK so far. The CAI comes off, revealing the throttle body.



After struggling with a hard-to-reach clamp on the vacuum line to the intake manifold, the manifold comes off. No problems at all with the middle manifold bolt.

We took the dipstick off after the manifold came off. This is out of order from the instructions but much easier to do in this order.



Taking the alternator off was a bitch, especially the bottom bolt that it pivots on. We had a four foot breaker bar which only helped to strip the head of the bolt a little. Lot's of penetrating oil and a half hour later, the bolt comes out and the alternator comes out with it. Part of the difficulty was making sure we did not damage the NST water pump pulley which is very near where the wrench has to be to remove the bolt.



More blood and the difficult alternator bolt.



The new alternator bracket goes on. See Spacer A and Spacer B locations.



Another view of the new alternator bracket. The alternator will be installed upside down from the factory position.



The alternator goes on first with Spacer B where the installation manual says but the alternator is too far offset from the rest of the pulleys.



Oh yeah, others have mentioned this. The bolts all come in one bag. It is up to you to figure out which bolt is the right one to use.

Finally, we decide to not use the second Spacer B and the alternator goes on and all of the pulleys are parallel to each other and are lined up.

Wifey calls and my brother has to leave for the evening. Tomorrow, the good stuff goes on. Things are tight around the alternator if you have factory air conditioning. Extra piping and brackets that are not there in the installation manual.