What is supposed to go here??

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:24 pm

A few cars I have seen have this two bolts sticking out of the side of the engine block. What is mounted there? A/C compressor??

kuhndg · Post by **kuhndg** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:45 pm

I believe that would have been for the smog pump. Do not take out the remaining bolts as one of them will leak oil.

Europa · Post by **Europa** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:08 pm

My '83 used those studs for the A/C bracket. If you take out the studs, you'll have a nice oil puddle when you run the engine. Son't ask me how I know!

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:14 pm

Cool, thank you.

kuhndg wrote:I believe that would have been for the smog pump. Do not take out the remaining bolts as one of them will leak oil.

red107 · Post by **red107** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:48 pm

A/C mounting bracket mounts there. That 78 I am working on had the compressor mounted there.

halg · Post by **halg** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:38 pm

Originally my alternator went there now they are used for my supercharger
Hal

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:31 pm

halg wrote:Originally my alternator went there now they are used for my supercharger
Hal

errr, you post that and no photos? What kind of tease is that! <on to search the forum for photos...>

adrians · Post by **adrians** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:49 pm

On my car that's where the turbo mounting bracket attaches.

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:15 pm

Wachuko, Don't stop when you find the thread about Halg's turbo project, keep looking until you find his V8 Fiat Spider too.
Ron

MNspiderman · Post by **MNspiderman** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:30 am

Thats the location for the 40 amp alternator that they stopped using. But its great for racing because there is less drag on the engine. You might go from 77 horsepower way up to 79 horsepower. Now thats technology

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:28 am

rlux4 wrote:Wachuko, Don't stop when you find the thread about Halg's turbo project, keep looking until you find his V8 Fiat Spider too.
Ron

What!

That is just insane! Weight would be an issue, would it not?

Found the supercharger photos... wow! Link to thread

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:31 am

yup!

we all have a habit of speed reading coupled with the erroneous assumption that EVERYONE's Fiat is exactly the same as their's. carefull reading of the original post would have revealed that this was an '83, which never had a smog pump, and always had the alternator on the driver's side of the engine.

great job wachuko! pop quizes are great things this time of year. keeps the cabin fever from setting in full blast.

even though you originally fell for the wrong answer, don't miss the advice that removing the studs could cause a catostrphic loss of precious lubrication.

i use one of those studs as a mounting point for my secondary grounding cable. Every Spider should have a secondary grounding cable.

bwilson27 · Post by **bwilson27** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:09 pm

Just chiming in- My '74 has the alternator mounted to those studs. My smog pump was mounted to other points, not those 2 studs. Also, my '74 doesn't use the external thermostat. I'm sure an '83 is a completely different setup, though.

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