Now that I have matty's V1 plate what used to take me 4 hours in total to tear down and reinstall the blower is now cut down to 2 hours! Glad to not have to deal with that hex bolt underneath the idler pulley on the V2 plate nor the alternator bolt. Those two were the most time consuming! It could have been less than 2 hours if I loosened the collector piping first. I thought that I could have slipped out the blower without having to do that but there's no access to the alternator bolt and the other bolt just above it.
I'm not tuned yet but finally I feel boost with the proper belt size. Vacuum is now at 10 at idle upon startup and I'll have to find a better clamp for the throttle body. Its just not tight enough IMO.

 

Nice. Glad to hear everything is working out for ya. IIRC, vacuum should be in the 20-24 range at idle.

 

Thanks for the info. I hope its not a manifold leak.