hidesertwheelin
Explorer
Nice.
My GM truck nut uncle has a special place in his heart for the RV/commercial 8.1L 454 which was pretty rare to find in a pickup and typically found in GM RV's and Commercial applications. He had one of the few Pickups that were built with it he never got better than 10mpg but he could tow is 26ft RV trailer up to Montana at 75mph without so much as breaking a sweat LOL.
He sold that rig after two years decided he didn't need 8.1liters nearly capable of reversing the rotation of the Earth if one were to try. LOL
No, that is not ok. As we've shown you, the idler at the top is missing. The alternator and A/C compressor pulleys could slip due to lack of belt surface area plus with this oddball routing you could actually put the tensioner in a bind, burn up the alternator bearings, WP bearings, etc. Why would you think this is okay to deviate from the original belt routing?? Go get an upper idler pulley and correct belt and fix it right.