help please with serpentine

[tsoupeis]

i need help with routing my serpentine belt.
is it possible to route it with the ac?
i have a 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX - V6 3.8L 231ci GAS FI N K, the ac is on the bottom right.
thank you for any assistance

[GTPJOE90]

ac is on the bottom closest to the front of the car. OUR CARS do have a belt routing diagram on the core support. unless your is peeled off?

[97gtsc]

U half to get a ac bypass pulley that goes inplace of your ac comp.
The diagram should b on the pass strut tower too

[cerick08GP]

This is the only picture I could find for you. It is for an 04, but should work for you. Is this what you wanted?

[Liquifire]

Here is a link to the series II set up:
http://www.grandprixforums.net/f81/engine-pulley-list-2486.html

[tsoupeis]

cerick that is the diagram for the full belt but i am looking for it without the a/c which is on the bottom corner i was told to just put the pulley on without the a/c compressor hooked up for now, not sure if this is right but going to try it, thank you tho

[Liquifire]

yes, you can't really do it without that pulley. You need a dummy pulley as you stated.

[cerick08GP]

So, I think I’m getting it. You want a belt routing pattern for an A/C delete setup. Well, to be honest I have never heard of a car with a serpentine belt route that could just skip a component and still work properly. I have always heard of people just adding dummy pulleys and maintaining the stock route.

[blueguy]

Even if you were to totally negate the A/C as a whole...you physically can't just get a smaller belt...in order for it to wrap tight enough it would hit the water pump...making it fail. Just get the A/C bypass pulley and bracket.

[tsoupeis]

thank you all for ur input

[BillBoost37]

Unless your AC compressor is bad...I'd probably mention that there's not enough of a difference to remove it. If you are removing a good compressor, please pm me. I'd be interested in buying and wouldn't need shipping.

[99GTP81]

Hey guys! I used the search function and found that it appears the only option I have to bypass the a/c is to get the a/c bypass pulley.

My girlfriend has a 99 GTP and the a/c clutch is apparently going out, a loud noise coming from that area and Is sounds like the same thing when my a/c clutch was going out on my Camaro. She was told it would be about $900 to fix it because they need to replace the compressor, etc. She's getting a new car In December and giving me the GTP since I totaled my truck and I don't need A/C so I'm just going to do the A/C bypass pulley. It sounds pretty simple to do and cheap also!

Now that i'll be taking over the GTP, i'll be using this forum a lot. I was on LS1tech when I had my Camaro and found the forums to be very helpful.