01 Cobra Ysi 8 Rib Conversion

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Ironmancanada said:
The blower has to come off to change the belt. No way around it.
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I was just going by what I was told. I never ran a 3 bolt set up.

Thump Racing still has the single bolt tensioner listed on their site.

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I run a 3bolt setup.. Blower doesn't have to come off completely, but you have to loosed the bolts and slide it back..
 
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Ironmancanada said:
Yes, you can run an 8 rib smooth pulley on the stock ford tensioner as long as you have a Kenne Bell or Vortech spacer and pilot kit that goes behind the factory tensioner. I have a Vortech Spacer, pilot, pulley shim and 8 rib pulley for sale that bolts onto stock style belt tensioner for sale.

Thump racing discontinued their single bolt 2001-2004 Ford mustang tensioner

I installed an American Racing Solutions billet single bolt tensioner on my 2001 cobra with a vortech and I had to cut and weld the Vortech bracket in order to make room for the new and wider billet tensioner. In my view, you would be wasting both your time and money by converting to a 3 bolt cover when a billet tensioner on a single bolt cover give all the tension that a race set up will ever need.
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Where did you get the vortech spacer and pilot kit from?

This is all I see from ARS which will not work for my setup
http://americanracingsolutions.com/catalog/index.php?route=product/product&path=24_60&product_id=86
 
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Carbon Driven said:
Where did you get the vortech spacer and pilot kit from?

This is all I see from ARS which will not work for my setup
http://americanracingsolutions.com/catalog/index.php?route=product/product&path=24_60&product_id=86
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I bought the spacer and pilot kit on eBay from a Vortech dealer.

As for the American Racing Solutions Tensioner, yes, it will not fit behind a stock 2001 Cobra Vortech bracket. However, I heavily modified the Vortech blower bracket on my 01 Cobra in order to make the American Racing solutions tensioner fit.

Finally, Thump racing No longer offers a single bolt tensioner for the 2001 -2004 Mustang.
 

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