{"id":167,"date":"2005-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-04T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T16:11:29","slug":"bel-air\/notching-ac-compressor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Notching for the AC Compressor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the drivers side of the engine being reserved for the supercharger, I needed to get AC, Alternator and Power Steering all down the passenger side. The stock brackets hit the A arms, so I found a Street and Performance set that put the AC low, but would not clear the frame. I really wanted AC so I decided to get it and notch the frame. With the AC mocked up on the bare engine block, I measured and marked it out and cut it roughly with the grinder. I kept checking it by lifting the engine in and out which took a fair bit of time, but at least I got it right.    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"298\" alt=\"AC-Fits-Yahoo.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/BelAir\/2005\/11\/AC-Fits-Yahoo.jpg\" \/>   Once I was happy that it would fit, I cut a cardboard template and cut a metal version with the jigsaw. It was awkward to get the curve right as it was different on both sides, and angled, so after a while I got it as close as I could, tacked it in and hammered it into shape as I went. With it all tacked in, I did one final test fitting just to make sure, then pulled it back out. I ground it all out, turned the welder up and welded it all in place. Once it was all done, I ground it all smooth round the edges then gave it a quick sand with the air sander just to check it was all smooth. Looks good, but I&#8217;ll give it a quick skim of filler even though you&#8217;ll never see it. I&#8217;ll know it&#8217;s there, and it&#8217;ll bug me if I leave it. The engine can go out for reboring and balancing now.    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"304\" alt=\"Notchity-Notch.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/BelAir\/2005\/11\/Notchity-Notch.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the drivers side of the engine being reserved for the supercharger, I needed to get AC, Alternator and Power Steering all down the passenger side. The stock brackets hit the A arms, so I found a Street and Performance set that put the AC low, but would not clear the frame. I really wanted AC so I decided to get it and notch the frame. With the AC mocked up on the bare engine block, I measured and marked it out and cut it roughly with the grinder. I kept checking it by lifting the engine in and out which took a fair bit of time, but at least I got it right.    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"298\" alt=\"AC-Fits-Yahoo.jpg\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/BelAir\/2005\/11\/AC-Fits-Yahoo.jpg\" \/>   Once I was happy that it would fit, I cut a cardboard template and cut a metal version with the jigsaw. It was awkward to get the curve right as it was different on both sides, and angled, so after a while I got it as close as I could, tacked it in and hammered it into shape as I went. With it all tacked in, I did one final test fitting just to make sure, then pulled it back out. I ground it all out, turned the welder up and welded it all in place. Once it was all done, I ground it all smooth round the edges then gave it a quick sand with the air sander just to check it was all smooth. Looks good, but I&#8217;ll give it a quick skim of filler even though you&#8217;ll never see it. I&#8217;ll know it&#8217;s there, and it&#8217;ll bug me if I leave it. The engine can go out for reboring and balancing now.    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"304\" alt=\"Notchity-Notch.jpg\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/BelAir\/2005\/11\/Notchity-Notch.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}