GZE Swop with PAS & AC

[Lauren]

Well, after some diagnostics today, the GE was found to only make 50psi on No.4. That spark plug was black too. Other cylinders made >200psi, so I'm guessing it's an issue with the rings.

We happen to have a rebuilt GZE in our shed which was rebuilt three or four years ago (by my fiance and SC Guru, Mark), so we think we may as well go for using that. The rotating assembly was balanced and used all new OEM parts for pretty much everything, so should be good! Is running a Blitz pulley and will likely make around 170bhp. We have a new clutch (everything is OEM) too.

My car currently has PAS and AC (it's a road car and my daily driver). It is my understanding that there was a variant that had a GZE with PAS and AC, so there must be a way to fit all the ancillaries on.

Currently the SC would be where my alternator currently is. I would be interested in anyone who has done the conversion whilst keeping AC and PAS.

We are trying to come up with a list of things that need to worked out.

So far we have;

1. Brackets for all ancillaries to be figured out. Do we need different pulleys, ie double pulleys and the like?
2. Wiring. We have the complete loom from the AW11 including ECU. Engine is from an 87 AW11 SC. Expecting loom will need messing about with.
3. Intercooling. Am guessing that this won't be too much of an issue. Will likely just use the stock AW11 one as airflow ought not to be a problem.
4. Throttle body/intake. Can it be turned through 180degrees, or is fabrication required?
5. Expect I can swop senders over okay as I have a digi-dash.

There are probably a load of other things I haven't thought of, but reckon we'll have around 6 weeks to plan until Mark gets his new workshop premises sorted (expecting mid to late Jan) as I won't be doing all this on my driveway!

Thanks for any help!