Thread: SBC Accessory Bracket help. Alternator and Power Steering brackets/pulleys

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OK, here is a tough one only someone who either knows a boat load about this or someone who has used a setup like this before.
I'm installing a 63' small journal 327 into my 46' International Harvester I am hot rodding. I love the oil spout on the older small blocks so I choose to not run a modern intake on this motor. The motor was out of a 63' Vette and has the finned Corvette valve covers that someone before me polished out. The intake was an offy but I replaced it with a 69' Camaro Z28 intake off a DZ302. I read a lot of great things about this intake and it has the oil spout I like. ; )
So here is my question. I only have an alternator and power steering pump to drive with the motor. I don't want to have either up top above the intake and heads as it will ugly up the top of the motor. I fabbed in a Jaguar front suspension and have plenty of room down low but the area is pretty narrow down there. I would rather keep both the alternator and PS pump at the mid level of the motor. Anyone know of a drive system like this?

This sounds like a one off that the builder might need to come up with or check these guys out; CT602/604 Crate Engines

They have brackets and pulley systems that allow the configuration to be moved around. It is amazing that something so simple can cause so much hair pulling .

I was hoping someone knew a cheaper resource. Maybe Chevy had that configuration on one of their vans or something.

Speedway Motors and a few other shops sell a clean and simple low mount alternator kit for like $30... Most stock sbc's come with a low mount power steering pump, junk yard stuff for like $10.00......

Do you have the accesory bolt holes in the front of the head? And I assume, but will ask, short water pump? Depending on what you have now, with the long pump you can mount the ps in front, duh, below valve covers with stock brackets. The alt is about centered on valve cover on pass side, stock. There are some inexpensive low alt mounts, pass side, for the long pumps, not sure about short pumps. I had to make an a/c compressor mount for my 66 pu, the aftermart ones were very high, and above valve covers. I wanted pump alongside valve cover.

I read up a bit last night and found a good article about it. It was a 3 series article but I only found the first. But it explained the changes I needed to know. It said, and showed, that 69-86 I think placed the Alt on the passenger side. The photos I saw showed it sitting just below the valve cover. PS pump was in the normal low spot. This was the long water pump setup. I have nothing on the front of my motor yet so may go this route. I'm curious if there is a PS pump braket that will place it up just below the valve cover like the Alt so it's even looking. And yes, the heads on my 327 are Dealer OTC Angle Plug Double Humps with the accessory holes. Believe they were sold in 1970-71. 3991492 is the casting numbers

Try Alan Grove, he has a wide range of SBC brackets.

There is a PS set up that mounts on the front of the head. However it will not work with a stock pump. There is a GM pump I believe that is remote fill that might do the job for you.

Long water pump

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the pump in the picture is KRC.

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