This deserves its own post because accessories have plagued me from the start of this build.... plenty of documentation on that here. The F-body spacing works absolutely perfect. There's a large air gap between the passenger side exhaust manifold. OEM casting on the passenger side was casted so that it sits slightly lower than driver's side. I'll post a head on image of the forward facing manifolds so you can see how it sits. It's a fantastic feeling when things work the way you want them to!
Additional information, This Mechman has a large frame which made it so I couldn't low mount on the driver's side. Low mount space on the passenger side is being used for my scavenger pump that dumps into a port into the timing cover... That's not ideal to change but not impossible. The BEST location was specifically in the passenger mid mount area. A reminder why I need such a wild alternator is because I'm running electric everything: Water pump, power steering, radiator fan, transmission cooler fan, two water pumps, and all the other typical car electronics. However, that wouldn't call for such a powerful alt. The future goal is to run electric AC in the car.
Ok so why electric AC? The idea is to keep the accessory drive as simple as possible and to keep the engine bay clean. The electric AC can also move to the trunk for better weight distribution. AC is a future problem/expense Ill deal with later. It's important to have the foundation so I can build that AC component out down the road.
One cool thing that I did on the ICT bracket was cutting an aluminum tube down perfectly so that I could use the Motion Raceworks freeze plug billet stop. Blue dye was transferred to the aluminum tube, then I took a measurement of the Motion Raceworks plug with digital calipers, then I used the caliper to scribe the aluminum support tube, and then cut the tube with my bandsaw carefully (slowly).
