Help! Broken smog pump bracket

[Mystiemf]

My 1987 vette has a broken lower smog pump bracket. I either need to locate another bracket (I have tried everywhere and can not locate one) or maybe try to eliminate the smog pump all together. I am trying to get the car up and running again the cheapest way possible. I read that some people have eliminated the smog pump all together and used a shorter belt. Is this possible and can someone give me all details how to do it. Belt size too. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[boomdriver]

My 1987 vette has a broken lower smog pump bracket. I either need to locate another bracket (I have tried everywhere and can not locate one) or maybe try to eliminate the smog pump all together. I am trying to get the car up and running again the cheapest way possible. I read that some people have eliminated the smog pump all together and used a shorter belt. Is this possible and can someone give me all details how to do it. Belt size too. Thanks in advance for your help.

Lower bracket?
Thats the power steering/alt bracket upper portion? Thats available...I just bought a new one a few months ago. So is the air pump top bracket to the alt.
There are kits to eliminate the pump but its just a different bracket with a pulley.

Call Corvette America for the new bracket. Its in the catalog. If they do not have one to send for some reason call 20th st auto in Phx Az for a used one or J&D Corvette. Look on Flea-Bay. They are out there. There are a doz salvage guys in Fla and the East coast up to Pa that will have one. You might have to sell a kidney, but someone has it.

 

[WhalePirot]

My 1987 vette has a broken lower smog pump bracket. ....some people have eliminated the smog pump all together and used a shorter belt.

I'd read that the '84 (only) would be okay just eliminating the unit and using a shorter belt. On the carbureted L83 in my old Ford truck, I found I needed to run a pulley in place of the pump. The pump eliminator kits are about as expensive as a used bracket plus I'd be concerned what would happen to the CAT without AIR going to it. I suspect it will clog over time, from incomplete combustion.

 

[strokin383-c4]

My 1987 vette has a broken lower smog pump bracket. I either need to locate another bracket (I have tried everywhere and can not locate one) or maybe try to eliminate the smog pump all together. I am trying to get the car up and running again the cheapest way possible. I read that some people have eliminated the smog pump all together and used a shorter belt. Is this possible and can someone give me all details how to do it. Belt size too. Thanks in advance for your help.

I have a Smog pump by-pass pulley on my 86, from TPIS.com its $150 you cannot run anything else or a shorter belt. that is your only option, but by doing this you also need to either weld shut or replace your factory exhaust manifolds. or buy some headers.

 

[John Robinson]

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