Serpentine Belt Tensioner

[rtz]

First of all, is it "legal" to remove the smog pump? Mines old and I don't want it to lock up on me and cut the belt. I'd rather just remove it instead of replace it. I can save money and weight that way. Maybe get 1/2 - 1 more hp too? I will remove it if I can pass the safety inspection that this state has.

I'm also going to remove the AC pump and lines and that radiator looking thing on the front of the car and the power steering and replace it with a manual rack off an '84. The AC leaked out all it's freon, and I don't have nor do I want to spend the money to get more freon and replace the part that leaked it out.

Now I have 2 choices. Either get one of those bracket's for ~$40 that moves my tensioner pulley to the other side, or try and either make or find a tensioner pulley that looks just like the stock one, but it pulls the belt up instead of pushes it down.

Can the stock pully be modified to do this? If so, how?

Is there some other car out there that has a pulley of this type from the factory?

And most important, will I have to use a different water pump since it will be spun in the other direction with the belt wrapped around it like this?

Look on page 149 in the March issue of Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords for an example of what I'm talking about.

Any info on this will be greatly appericated.

Thanks.