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• Dasher Bracketry by shwak23 on 10 Jun, 2011 09:54
• Can I use the Quantum AC/Alternator brackets on a dasher?
• #1 by Mark(The Miser)UK on 10 Jun, 2011 12:57
• Quote from: shwak23 on 10 Jun, 2011 09:54

  Can I use the Quantum AC/Alternator brackets on a dasher?
  

  
  I can't see why not, but it means the correct a/c pump is required, the dasher uses a pump like the Rabbits I think...
• #2 by shwak23 on 11 Jun, 2011 09:58
• So... No possibility of using the Quantum AC pump? Is it just a mtter of swapping the pumps but continuing to use the Quantum bracket?
  
  Also does anyone have issues with Alt. Belt tension with the AC equipped Dashers?
• #3 by Mark(The Miser)UK on 11 Jun, 2011 10:16
• I'm in an a/c free country, apart from my Yankee import  for my Quantum, but  as I understnd it, the pump follows the bracket, so use Quantum brackets and Quantum  'Briggs and Stratton' lookng 'York' pump, rather than the one that looks like a starter motor.
  My kit was off a 1.6 gasser, so I may have issues when I come to fit it.
• #4 by Quantum TD on 11 Jun, 2011 14:04
• The Quantum uses a horrid boat-anchor York compressor (one large piston). It will sap what little power you have, but it will never die. You'll need the correct cast-iron bracket to mount it (even more weight!).
  
  The Dasher used the Sanden rotary compressor. Lighter, but not as durable as the York. You'll need the welded/stamped steel bracket from the Dasher to mount it.
  
  You can run either setup on any 1.6-2.0 motor from 1976-1993: gas or diesel
  
  
  Or, you could fab your own auxilary brackets for the Quantum AC bracket, and then run a Sanden compressor.