2L 16v engine work ok with (base) CIS?

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

IIRC - they do exist, but not in the US...maybe even euro only. I'm 98% certain 
that any 16v sold here came with A/C...

I'd sure like to see you fab one up though! :)  

JT (who will probably have to do the same or cough up for the serpentine setup)


> Now on to the next question:  I'm assuming there's a non-a/c
> alternator bracket?  I pulled the a/c and powersteering stuff off
> today, and removed a non-a/c setup from an old 1.7L 8v I have lying around.
>  Even the passenger side engine mount was bent from the
> accident (!), so I removed it as well.  I went to put everything back
> together with the 1.7L stuff, but the intake manifold sits where the
> alternator usually sits for that setup, so it won't work...  Of course this
> is after I spent a half hour cleaning up all brackets and bolts on the
> wirewheel...  :(   Anyone have a non-a/c 16v alternator bracket setup?