Gilmer belt drive?

I thought would add some pictures of the Gilmer belt drive kit that I have. This first one is of all the components except the water pump pulley and belt.

This second picture shows just how far the drive system sits on the front of the motor. From the block to the front of the water pump pulley is almost 6 inches.

Also, just for reference, the belt that came with the kit is approximately 1.5 inches wide.

Garvino, this is a case of gilding a lilly. That 1-1/2" toothed belt drive is capable of powering a Roots blower that takes maybe 100 bhp to turn! The water pump takes maybe 2 bhp on street cars. Nevertheless, if an owner wants to do something irrational, maybe I can contribute.... The engine and ZF can be pushed back in the Pantera chassis up to 4" using kits designed for swapping a longer big block engine into it. It includes different motor mounts and ZF mounts, a rear-sump pan to clear the lower crossmember and a host of little details. Personally, I'd sell the thing to someone with a front-engine hotrod who wants to drive a blower. If you really need one, get a gilmer setup thats designed to fit a Pantera, with a 3/4" wide belt. Hall Pantera used to sell such a thing, and there may be serpentine-belt systems that could be adapted far easier than what you have. Good luck either way.

Bosswrench,

Thanks for your help and all your suggestions.

I have no desire to tackle moving my motor and transaxle farther back in my car. I also don’t really have a need for the Gilmer belt system. It just came with my car and I thought it might be kind of neat to use. I have never seen one on a car before so I did not realize how much extra room it would take.

My real desire is to reduce the size of my bulkhead and the hump in the middle of the car. I am starting to think that the price I could potentially sell the Gilmer belt system for would be a good down payment on a nice bulkhead reduction kit.

Thanks again.