Car Craft – October 2019

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Moving to the passenger side of the car,

we thread the two supplied^7 ⁄ 16 -inch bolts

into the block. Note the flush fitment of

the bolts into the countersunk holes, as

well as the polished finish on the head

of the bolt—the Concept One kit has

excellent fit and finish.

The polished-aluminum crank pulley is

secured with three supplied Allen-head

bolts. This pulley does not require you to

remove the harmonic-balancer bolt; it has

a small flange that fits inside the lip of the

balancer.

Next is the Edelbrock aluminum water

pump (PN 8854), which is an integral part

of the Concept One Victor Series pulley

system. Install the supplied rubber O-rings,

then slide the water pump over the studs.

The first part of the Concept One Victory
Series pulley system are these studs, which
thread into the water-pump bolt holes. They
are supposed to only go^3 ⁄ 4 -inch into the
block, so we measured and used tape as a
guide.

Next is the driver-side main bracket, which

is a beautifully machined and polished. The

bracket sandwiches between the block

and water pump and uses rubber O-rings

to seal. Standard water-pump gaskets are

not used.

The main bracket slides over the water-

pump studs. Two^7 ⁄ 16 -inch bolts are used to

secure the bracket to the lower holes in the

block, while a single^3 ⁄ 8 -inch bolt threads

into the outer corner of the block to offer

additional strength.

add air conditioning while also upgrad-
ing to a high-performance water pump
and one-wire alternator. Knowing the
battle of pulley alignment and orches-
trating multiple V-belts, we looked for
an alternative solution. We also didn’t
want to increase the “wingspan” of
our big-block, as it already filled the
Camaro’s engine bay to capacity.
The idea of a compact accessory
drive system that used a single drive-
belt gave us lots of shopping options.
To narrow down the choices, we looked
at the accessories used in the kit, the
price point, and the design and came
up with a winner: the Concept One
Victory Series pulley system.
The Georgia-based company builds
pulley systems for several engine
combinations and offers four options in
the Victory Series to fit our big-block
Chevy. Concept One also offers basic
kits and Driver Series kits, with lots of
variations for alternator, air condition-
ing, and power-steering configurations.
We chose the BCV02 kit for our big-
block, which features brackets for air
conditioning and alternator, as we do

not plan to add power steering to our

Camaro project car. We opted for the

polished finish, although it is available

in machined, anodized black, and clear

finish.

The standard kit includes a Power-

master 105-amp one-wire alternator,

an SD7 air-conditioning compressor,

and a cast-finish Edelbrock aluminum

water pump, but most of these items

are upgradable. The beauty of the sys-

tem is the machined brackets, as they

simply bolt into existing holes in the

block and offer perfect alignment with

every item in the kit.

Starting with a blank canvas, we

spent about three hours installing

the kit. With the Concept One pulley

system, guesswork wasn’t part of

the equation; it was just a matter

of bolting the kit together using the

supplied brackets and hardware.

Take a look at the simple install of

the Concept One Victory Series pulley

system and see how it gave our big-

block a high-tech look while simplifying

the front-drive system with a single

accessory belt.

Before we got started with the installation,
we used a thread chaser in the bolt holes
on the front of the block. These were not
previously used on our engine, so the
thread chaser cleaned out years of paint
and gunk.