Its been a little while since I posted on this thread which is a result of a lack of work on my part. You would think that since I got it running and driving I would be all excited to get it finished, however that was not the case as the weather and domestic duties somewhat stole my enthusiasm. That said, I have been doing some small things to move forward. I removed all of my "high speed" PS system as I was not happy with it and am returning to a factory system. This necessitated some refurbishment of the factory pieces I removed from the car initially which I now am finished with.
When looking at the stock pieces I realized that I was going to have to make some other "adjustments", specifically with regards to the alternator set up. When I built the engine and assembled the car, I made mounts for the GM pump and modern alternator which was all fine and aligned, however I had the alternator using the front groove in the pulley on the dampener, which is normally occupied by the PS system. So returning to a factory PS system I then had to figure out how to get the alternator to work off the rear groove and return to the original style water pump pulley. Because I am running Edelbrock heads, they do not provide enough clearance to put the alternator in the normal position. Subsequently, I had to rotate the alternator outward toward the passenger inner fender and then make a new tension rod. I've got it sorted out now and while it is not optimum in terms of positioning, it does work and actually puts the alternator connections out past the head where they are easily accessible.
I thought about getting a new Power master or similar retro high amp alternator but just could not justify spending ~$200 for something I already had. I will use this system until I have a reason not to.
Here are pictures of the before, after and the new tension rod I made.
