Well sorry I haven’t posted progress in a while but we finally got our GT40 running and almost complete just wanted to share a few pictures for you fellas. Our custom headers came out great and sound terrific.
CAV GT40
- Thread starter Sick66
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It’s just an old chassis it’s 88 yea not to sure how well the AC is going to work in this configuration we’ll have to see lol
Hi Leon, beautiful work on your CAV, a ton of work there but you already know that!
The A/C works very well on the CAV GTs by the way. Just a heads up... pay close attention to the belt paths and a/c compressor mounting in relationship to pulley offset to crank pulley. Should be no offset measuring from the center of the v-belt grooves.
Also make sure the a/c pulley is true in-line with the crank pulley. If it's on an angle you will have trouble with belt squeal, a/c pump clutch life, cracking of mounting ears of the a/c pump body and dramatically reduced life of water pump bearings and seals. The same guidelines go for the alternator mounts and its' alignment.
Small block Fords have many variables in timing covers, water pumps, pulleys, crankshaft dampers and cylinder heads that will upset a perfectly made set of brackets designed around a different combination of (or all stock OEM) parts than on your engine. Something to check if you haven't already.
Cheers
Ian
The A/C works very well on the CAV GTs by the way. Just a heads up... pay close attention to the belt paths and a/c compressor mounting in relationship to pulley offset to crank pulley. Should be no offset measuring from the center of the v-belt grooves.
Also make sure the a/c pulley is true in-line with the crank pulley. If it's on an angle you will have trouble with belt squeal, a/c pump clutch life, cracking of mounting ears of the a/c pump body and dramatically reduced life of water pump bearings and seals. The same guidelines go for the alternator mounts and its' alignment.
Small block Fords have many variables in timing covers, water pumps, pulleys, crankshaft dampers and cylinder heads that will upset a perfectly made set of brackets designed around a different combination of (or all stock OEM) parts than on your engine. Something to check if you haven't already.
Cheers
Ian
I agree. My CAV GT air conditioner works quite well, even in Phoenix. However, if you let the car set in a parking lot in the sun, the leather seats get HOT. The A/C will blow cold air at you, however, your a*s stays hot for a long time.......