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Hey eveybody, I have a question. I own a 78 caballero, and I've recently started an engine swap. The original 231 V6 had a R4 compressor on the passanger side. The V8 big brother of that year seems to have two different compressors the R4 fat & short(radial), and the A6 long & skinny(axial).
Of course I'd like to save some dough, so if I can use my current R4 that would be sweet. The problem I'm running into is the brackets for the R4 compressor. The V6 brackets will not work. I did find some brackets on ebay, but I think this kit might be missing the outter support.
I found this picture in the forums and it seems like I'm going to need the outter support(#7) to bolt the bracket to??
I do have a generic haynes manual, but the pictures are horrible. They are mostly of a V6, showing any bracketry. Probably need to invest in the OEM manual. If anyone has this year with A/C and could shoot a few photos, I'd greatly appreciate it!! :beer:
The condenser seems like it is also different. The V8 connections are on the drivers side, where the V6 connections are on the passanger. Can you simply just flip the condenser to place these connections on the drivers side??
Of course I'd like to save some dough, so if I can use my current R4 that would be sweet. The problem I'm running into is the brackets for the R4 compressor. The V6 brackets will not work. I did find some brackets on ebay, but I think this kit might be missing the outter support.
I found this picture in the forums and it seems like I'm going to need the outter support(#7) to bolt the bracket to??

I do have a generic haynes manual, but the pictures are horrible. They are mostly of a V6, showing any bracketry. Probably need to invest in the OEM manual. If anyone has this year with A/C and could shoot a few photos, I'd greatly appreciate it!! :beer:
The condenser seems like it is also different. The V8 connections are on the drivers side, where the V6 connections are on the passanger. Can you simply just flip the condenser to place these connections on the drivers side??