Is hitting the alternator i remember seeing a thread about them... i am assuming that i have to get a belt that is smaller in size and then go ahead and lower the alternator down? anyone got some help on this?

 

any body got anything on this?

 

Did you use an eBay one?

 

Ebay ones are pure ****.

Search for a Infini strut bar in the for sale section. Made by Mazda for the FC so you know it will work right.

here is a pic to show you what to look for.

 

dang man i got them for free... l o l... froom a local kid.

 

i like th racing beat one **** is perfect but yeah you can just get a smaller belt and lower the alt. that shoud work but then again idk me engine aby is empt and all i use are 2 alt belts

 

I just wouldn't use the eBay ****.

 

Yeah, just use a smaller belt.

 

my cusco currently has about 1/4''-1/2'' clearance. id imagine a belt shortening would work

 

Go to autobone and compare it to another one that is a couple inches shorter. They should have a stock belt in stock to compare with. I'm using a ghetto rigged s13 front bar. has about 1/2 inch of clearance between the bar and the intake elbow. It's straight across though, not bowed outward like an RX7's.

 

You get what you pay for my friend.

 

i had the same problem with my meghan racing one and i put it under my work bench and just put a little bow in it and it clears now, and it is still really stiff

 

yea i mean i understand it wasnt the best... but when its free? why not take it?

 

I made my own.
I made it out of an old metal bed frame. Its straight but has an L shape to it.
I had to cut some notches out of it for clearances for the alternator, power-steering -pump-tube, and the radiator hose.
I used the strut-tower brackets from a freinds strut-tower bar that he wrecked.

It seems to work great.

 

you could grind down a groove in the bar right where it hits the alternator.

 

Yea....wouldnt that meak it weak though?

 

smaller belt is your best bet i shaved the altanaitor down on mine it doesnt hit when your lookn at it but when the engine touqes it rubs

 

yes...that is what i am thinking...so basically them are pretty simple to put on right just ubolt the top and then slide over the strut bolts and tighten down? and then done? thanks guys... the rear i think i am going to have to cut...the towers