Originally posted by Wyrp:
Originally posted by Twisted6:
P/S pump - Now you lost me there. For me, the P/S pump is directly above the A/C compressor which is on outer half of the front cylinder bank, nowhere near the center of the engine. Everything else out of the way, there is an idler pulley just above the crankshaft pulley and little to the rear if memory serves. Run the belt up off the P/S pump, over the mount, onto the supercharger, down and UNDERNEATH the idler pulley and around the alternator (Tensioner, crank, A/C..)



On the Contour the p/s pump is directly beneath the engine mount, on the top center of the engine.

I have to agree that it with access to some steel and a welder it would be possible to fabricate a new engine mount to allow for a top center blower.

If you could find an electric p/s pump or reengineer the pump to spin in a reverse fasion it might even be possible to reroute the belt around the bottom of the p/s pump and then over the blower pulley.

Even if you did find a way to make the p/s work and made a new mount there are still two major factors limiting the posibility to making it all work:
1: If the blower is of any real length it won't clear the cam pulley that drives the water-pump, so you'd have to go to an electric pump and remove the pulley.
2: Even with the Cowl Hood the clearance would be extremely tight.

However, if you really want to run a Roots Style blower on a Contour and you are not concerned about having AC, remove the AC compressor, and build supports to mount a blower in it's place. (this route would also require the use of a remote oil filter) Heck, if you really want AC do this and then custom fab in an aftermarket electric AC system for a Jeep.




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