I found this and thought it would it was really interesting. It might save some of you guys money wanting to do this.

The cross-section of the bars was determined by the stuff I could find in my scrap box, so anything similar will probably do, providing it is strong enough. The bolt holes through the bar are sleeved with a bit of tubing, to prevent the bar from collapsing when the bolts are tightened.

The pulley is A Dayco 00032 (thanks to War Machine for that!)

The main bar is 40 x 20 mm, and started life as a shop display stand - wall thickness about 2mm. The alternator brace is 20 x 10mm solid aluminium alloy, and was part of an old photocopier.

The bolts are 118mm long, (not including head), 22mm of which is threaded. Bolt diameter is 9.5 mm (3/8"). I got them from my "magic bolt box", they probably came from a Chevy engine in the first place, possibly starter mounting bolts by the look of them. Don't know what the thread is, approx 16 TPI




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