[dmjlambert]

OK regarding "upper brace doesn't have enough travel in it to properly adjust the belt tension," that is a 10DN alternator clocked to 12:00. When they are clocked to 3:00 as in the factory setup, it will get quite a bit closer to the valve cover. That is what that huge indentation in the side of it is for, allowing it to hug the valve cover. Example of 3:00.