a/c compressor

[buickGN3:16]

does the chevy v8 for monte or any full size car use the same a/c compressor as our buicks?


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[Paul Lohr]

I compared a compressor for a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 5.0L to one for a 1987 Buick Regal 3.8L turbo engine. The 5.0L compressor has V belts. Hmm, I wonder if any other GM cars had serpentine belts. I think the coil plug (clutch magnet) is not at the same rotation. There may be other differences that I am not noticing.

Could you switch the pulleys and change the coil plug rotation?

1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 5.0L
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=TEM271132_0363429043

1987 Buick Regal 3.8L turbo
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=TEM274456_0361850316

Would someone else mind helping with the question?

Paul Lohr

 

[shelby chris]

Not sure, but fwiw, just bought a new, nos compressor from highway starts....about $230 shipped......seemed like a no brainer.

 

[turbo87regal]

I got one off of a 89 Firebird with a V6. Only difference was the area where the o-rings go on the back of the compressor is designed differently but it was a direct swap using the metal lined o-rings from the Firebird. Also seen the same compressor as the Firebird on 80's S-10 pickups, Blazers and GMC Jimmy with the V6.