I did a swap on a 92 Si and since all the JDM parts didn't look too sound, in addition to keeping ac and I did NOT want to unhook those lines. Once I realized that the thickness of the pulleys were diffrent (one has an extra rib on it) and since I was using the H23 AC PS and alt, I threw the h23 crank pulley on there with the proper belts.

I thought it was good as I drove a maybe 10 miles on it, but while dealling with a diffrent swap issue, I had to rev the car to 3-4k RPM to do the test on the Knock sensor, and when I did that, my PS belt would all of a sudden develope a horrible vibration. I figured it was just a loose belt, so I tightened it up. While taking a closer look I realized my problem

I am using a p14 crank pulley, as well as all accessories. When I looked down at the PS belt, I realized that the PS pump is maybe a few millimeters closer to the driver side then the spot on the crank pulley for it, aka, they are parellel but are not linear with an offset of a few millimeters (yea math terms). This causes the belt to be slightly bent, and I am sure it is putting alot of extra stress on the PS pump and possibly the crank pulley.


So my question, what do I have to do to make this work. Is it just the PS bracket that needs to be changed?

 

Well I tried to use my h23 PS bracket as I am using the P13 one, and realized why I didn't in the first place. There is a huge metal chunk that normally goes into a casting mark on the h23, but that casting mark isn't on h22's so it will not work.

 

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you have to grind that down then install it and your problem will be fixed

 

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you have to grind that down then install it and your problem will be fixed </TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you know from experience or is that an assumeption?

 

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up

 

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Do you know from experience or is that an assumeption?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know of people doing this. While I don't have personal experience doing this, I know that many people have. I know I saw it in at least one write up on here. Is really not that big of a deal, and will get you what you need.

 

alright, to give closer to this thread, I ended up shaving the h23 bracket. Not only is that one large chunk in the way, also the casting is a little thick to fit in the block casting towards the bottom, so you need to shave off the lower corner that touches the block and the alternator bracket.

 

yes i know this from experience
i did this on my swap