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I am going to replace my current stock 5.7 4 bolt main with a crate motor. My current belt drive is from a v6

I would like to replace my current serpentine system with one from a V8. Going to the junkyard tomorrow to look for the brackets. What year trucks or cars should I be looking for to find what I need?

I am considering a blueprint crate motor, vortex heads.

Any other considerations such as ac compressor, alternator, or ps pump?

thoughts and comments?
 
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Those V6 brackets are the same as a V8 so I am not sure exactly what you are wanting to accomplish. The only difference between brackets is whether it's from a car or a truck, the car brackets sit lower than the truck brackets.
 
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Those V6 brackets are the same as a V8 so I am not sure exactly what you are wanting to accomplish. The only difference between brackets is whether it's from a car or a truck, the car brackets sit lower than the truck brackets.
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Exactly.

There are also a different set of brackets used for '96 and newer, but it's the same thing... V6 and V8 were the same.
 
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Brackets on my truck are from 92 Sonoma. So they are the same as a v8 then?

they should bolt up with no modifications to a crate engine with vortex heads on a non vortec block?

my current set up is 1986 4 bolt main 1 piece rear seal stock heads. Are bolt holes in vortec heads different than what is on mine?

I ask these questions as blueprint engines said my current drive belt system would not mount up directly but that v 8 systems would
 
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Red Rex said:
Brackets on my truck are from 92 Sonoma. So they are the same as a v8 then?

they should bolt up with no modifications to a crate engine with vortex heads on a non vortec block?
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Yes
 
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