Sanden and Nippon A/C bracket pic request
#3
Yeah they are different, the bolts connecting the bracket to the front iron are the same, but the bolts connecting the compressor to the bracket and the hoses connectors are different.
Here's a related thread
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+a%2Fc+bracket
What I'd like to know is if those differences in the compressor bolt pattern is noticeable? Can you visual inspect and tell or are the differences minute and you actually have to measure?
Here's a related thread
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+a%2Fc+bracket
What I'd like to know is if those differences in the compressor bolt pattern is noticeable? Can you visual inspect and tell or are the differences minute and you actually have to measure?
#5
Were your 3 compressors a mix of Sanden and Nippon? If that's the case then perhaps there was one bracket made for Sanden only and others that fit both Sanden and Nippon?
#7
I bought an A/C only bracket today off Ebay Once it arrives I'll find out if either of my compressors fit.
I've got the day off tomorrow, I'll try and get some pics of my compressors and and my P/S-A/C brackets and post them.
Once the A/C only bracket arrives I'll get some pics of that posted
I've got the day off tomorrow, I'll try and get some pics of my compressors and and my P/S-A/C brackets and post them.
Once the A/C only bracket arrives I'll get some pics of that posted
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I bought an A/C only bracket today off Ebay Once it arrives I'll find out if either of my compressors fit.
I've got the day off tomorrow, I'll try and get some pics of my compressors and and my P/S-A/C brackets and post them.
Once the A/C only bracket arrives I'll get some pics of that posted
I've got the day off tomorrow, I'll try and get some pics of my compressors and and my P/S-A/C brackets and post them.
Once the A/C only bracket arrives I'll get some pics of that posted
they have an A/C only bracket. which is used on s4 t2's which have nd systems, and NA's which don't...
and 2 a/c p/s brackets. the difference APPEARS to be the p/s idler pulley.
the A/C for these cars are actually in a different paper catalog though, so this could be totally wrong
#9
Here's the pics I have
It turns out that I have both Sanden and Nippon parts and there is a difference in the brackets.
First is the Nippon bracket
Top/rear has only one threaded hole
And both brackets have two holes bored for mounting bolts, but the Nippon bracket is only threaded on the holes further back
Sanden bracket
Notice it has two holes bored on the top rear mounting
Notice on the Sanden the front holes are threaded
The thread pitch is the same regardless of the bracket so the mounting bolts are universal, but the Sanden compressor on the Nippon bracket has the wheel for the belt set too far back.
I'd assume an easy fix to have them interchangeable would be have the bored holes threaded. Putting a Sanden on a Nippon bracket would have you only using 3 of the 4 mounting bolts. I doubt that would matter, but I'm sure others will chime in and correct me if it would.
Oh and a footnote. I could not find my other compressor to verify that it's Nippon, but it would have to be seeing how the Sanden would not fit on the bracket the missing compressor came off of.
It turns out that I have both Sanden and Nippon parts and there is a difference in the brackets.
First is the Nippon bracket
Top/rear has only one threaded hole
And both brackets have two holes bored for mounting bolts, but the Nippon bracket is only threaded on the holes further back
Sanden bracket
Notice it has two holes bored on the top rear mounting
Notice on the Sanden the front holes are threaded
The thread pitch is the same regardless of the bracket so the mounting bolts are universal, but the Sanden compressor on the Nippon bracket has the wheel for the belt set too far back.
I'd assume an easy fix to have them interchangeable would be have the bored holes threaded. Putting a Sanden on a Nippon bracket would have you only using 3 of the 4 mounting bolts. I doubt that would matter, but I'm sure others will chime in and correct me if it would.
Oh and a footnote. I could not find my other compressor to verify that it's Nippon, but it would have to be seeing how the Sanden would not fit on the bracket the missing compressor came off of.
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its an m6x1.0 thread, 10mm bolt head.
We've rethreaded more then a few brackets to fix a/c systems when we could only get, or already had, the diffrent a/c compressors. BUT you have to space out the idler pulley to make it line up.
EXAMPLE:
i'm running an a/c only braket that was made for sanden, with a nippon d compressor on my 10th AE.
We've rethreaded more then a few brackets to fix a/c systems when we could only get, or already had, the diffrent a/c compressors. BUT you have to space out the idler pulley to make it line up.
EXAMPLE:
i'm running an a/c only braket that was made for sanden, with a nippon d compressor on my 10th AE.
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its an m6x1.0 thread, 10mm bolt head.
We've rethreaded more then a few brackets to fix a/c systems when we could only get, or already had, the diffrent a/c compressors. BUT you have to space out the idler pulley to make it line up.
EXAMPLE:
i'm running an a/c only braket that was made for sanden, with a nippon d compressor on my 10th AE.
We've rethreaded more then a few brackets to fix a/c systems when we could only get, or already had, the diffrent a/c compressors. BUT you have to space out the idler pulley to make it line up.
EXAMPLE:
i'm running an a/c only braket that was made for sanden, with a nippon d compressor on my 10th AE.
#15
Bracket arrived today. It only has one set of holes bored and threaded. I'm guessing that it's Nippon...and Murphy's Law has it that my Nippon compressor is the one I can't find and might have ended up in the trash.
Rob, what pulleys are you using? I'd love to loose my double alt belt pulley. I'm fed up trying to get both belts tensioned correctly. I've tried like 4-5 different sets of belts and can never get them right. If one is too tight the other is too loose.
Rob, what pulleys are you using? I'd love to loose my double alt belt pulley. I'm fed up trying to get both belts tensioned correctly. I've tried like 4-5 different sets of belts and can never get them right. If one is too tight the other is too loose.
#19
Just found your thread about Cosmo pulleys. From reading it, you couldn't put the S5 Vbelt pulley and compressor on. You had an inch of space between the main pulley and the compressor? That's why you went with the FD compressor?
Have you got any pics showing the mods you needed to make to the bracket for the FD compressor and tensioner?
Have you got any pics showing the mods you needed to make to the bracket for the FD compressor and tensioner?
#21
^ Thanks for the heads up. Once my rebuild is done I was considering going with a similar setup. I was going to use the belt Pineapple Racing sells.
I started the thread trying to figure out my options with P/S removal. But I like Rob's setup and may reproduce what he did.
I started the thread trying to figure out my options with P/S removal. But I like Rob's setup and may reproduce what he did.
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Just found your thread about Cosmo pulleys. From reading it, you couldn't put the S5 Vbelt pulley and compressor on. You had an inch of space between the main pulley and the compressor? That's why you went with the FD compressor?
Have you got any pics showing the mods you needed to make to the bracket for the FD compressor and tensioner?
Have you got any pics showing the mods you needed to make to the bracket for the FD compressor and tensioner?
basically the bracket had to have material welded onto it so that new holes could be tapped
if you used the existing holes the spacing was way off
#23
I think I already know the answer but I'll ask anyway. Is it possible to stack a v belt pulley on the end of the cosmo main pulley to use on an FC compressor? From the looks of it I doubt the wider ribbed belt for the alt will allow the v belt for the a/c to line up.
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I dont remember, but a standard cosmo pulley set up uses v-belt for ac compressor, so if you get a cosmo set up that is what you get.
If you find early photos of my engine swap I have the v pulleys in front of the ribbed pulleys
but I think the problem was still the spacing, I do not know if there is a bolt on conversion to have ribbed pulleys and retain ac or ps, most get rid of it which greatly simplifies things
and when we set the pulleys we lined the stock timing marks up using stock pulleys then put the ribbed, and it all lined up.
If you find early photos of my engine swap I have the v pulleys in front of the ribbed pulleys
but I think the problem was still the spacing, I do not know if there is a bolt on conversion to have ribbed pulleys and retain ac or ps, most get rid of it which greatly simplifies things
and when we set the pulleys we lined the stock timing marks up using stock pulleys then put the ribbed, and it all lined up.