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Can anyone tell me what the charger will fit. I want to install it on d16y8 1999 civic ex

 

[Paterico]

You bought an A6/Z6 kit. You may have trouble fitting it in, specifically the supercharger pulley clearance with the shock tower.

You will likely have to beat in your shock tower to make room. In my CRX, the shock tower had to be beat in and the 6th gen civics are even tighter from what I understand.

The Y7/8 kits shifted the belt more towards the engine by using an offset 3-rib supercharger pulley, a modified lower alternator bracket, and a 3-rib offset crank pulley.

Hope it works though. It’ll be tight

Did it come with the tensioner pulleys and the pulley block?

 

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Yes i have tensioner pulley and what is pulley block?

 

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I was referring to the little rectangle piece that one of the pulley bolt ma screws into to adjust the pulley up/down. It slides along that slot in the alternator pulley bracket

 

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Its very tight and maybe too tight. Could i grind the bolt and smash in shock tower

 

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What i dont have is lower alternator bracket. Can it be made from oem

 

[Paterico]

Technically yes, you could modify the OEM alternator bracket but it would be difficult to know exactly how much it needs to be machined. Also, you'd also need the JRSC crank pulley and a different supercharger pulley.

D-serious has the measurements for everything. He could probably have the crank pulley, the lower alternator bracket, and the supercharger pulley machined for you but I don't know how busy he is or how much it would cost.


Your best bet is going to be to try to get the supercharger installed as-is. Otherwise you're probably looking at several hundred dollars in additional parts and who knows how long of a wait.

 

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Thanks for all the help. It comes with 3 rib pulley on charger and i have the crank pulley aswell is what you mean?

 

[Paterico]

The pulley on the supercharger in the picture is a 4-rib pulley.

You need 4 things to make it work correctly with the Y8:

3-rib offset supercharger pulley
3-rib offset JRSC crank pulley
Modified lower alternator bracket
Upper alternator spacer (Or a couple of washers stacked together)

 

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The pic is from the internet. Not the one I have. Same manifold but I do have 3 rib pulley 3 rib crank pulley and spacer for alternator. All im missing is the lower bracket. I wonder if moss motors carries it.

 

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This is mine

 

[Paterico]

I'm not sure if moss carries it any more but it wouldn't hurt to call and check.

If not, D-serious has the measurements and can reproduce it (if he's still up to it). He sometimes sells them on ebay but doesn't have a listing for one right now. Send him a PM and ask him.

 

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Found one on ebay but holy crap 150.00 for the part. Im in Canada with coversion and shipping its goinh to be close to $300

 

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Glad to see people still posting about these damn kits on the forum.

 

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It fits and does not need any shock tower mods. Yay!! Now i need alternator bracket or instructions of how to customize mine

 

[Paterico]

That’s great. I wouldn’t have even mentioned the shock tower if I knew you didn’t buy the kit from your first pic.

D-serious may know how much it’s offset. You just need to machine off material from the inside part of the bracket

 

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Here’s a pic of the JR modified bracket

 

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Thats perfect thank you

 

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The offset is going to be the difference between the height in pulleys. IIRC this is no more than 5mm.

 

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The pulley on the supercharger in the picture is a 4-rib pulley.

You need 4 things to make it work correctly with the Y8:

3-rib offset supercharger pulley
3-rib offset JRSC crank pulley
Modified lower alternator bracket
Upper alternator spacer (Or a couple of washers stacked together)

I have issue with belt at the supercharger snout pulley. Belt skips a tooth and runs on 2 ribs. Would adding more washers to upper alt bolt work??? Or maybe I need to shave more off the lower bracket?

The offset is going to be the difference between the height in pulleys. IIRC this is no more than 5mm.

So I shaved my lower bracket and belt is good on crank pulley but only 2 ribs at the snout pulley after a short ride. I used 2 washers at upper bolt on alt. Should I shave move on lower bracket?