Okay.. so I decided I'd do a little bit of work on my TD jetta and remove the AC the PROPER way (I removed the AC condenser and lines last year)
I had the lower bracket, and alternator and I really wanted to get rid of the crazy idler and bracket 3 belt system.. (what a joke, and a pain, and.... omfg..... just... dumb...)
so away I went, and I noticed the bracket for non-ac and the bracket for AC were nearly identical, so I decided I'd leave it alone and just work with it.
so I put on the lower non-ac adjustment arm, and I guess the "bend" in the arm and the a/c style bracket isn't quite the same.... the non-ac arm on the ac bracket interferes with the "nub" on the alternator
SO... to relieve this, I used a mk1 8v style alternator adjustment arm. (has a shallower "bend")
after doing so, everything seemed to line up.....
kinda....
The altnernator I had, it's pulley offset wasn't quite correct.... but it DID/DOES work.. so I thought I'd rock it anyways
so I managed to remove about 80 lbs of compressor, bracketry and useless friggin bolts....
aside from that, I had a K&N filter that was GIVEN to me, so I thought.. I might as well put it on...
I needed to find a 2.5" "sleeve" to put inbetween the air intake and the filter itself.
and... well..
holy crap the stock filterbox really cuts down the turbospool noise...... I LOVE it now
I mean, I kinda knew it was going to get louder, but jeez... it's AWESOME now
... now I gotta de-muffler the thing