Thanks, Bill. That was the exact info I was looking for.
It looks like the simplest solution is to find the right donor car in the
first place.
A.C. Tynes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Waite [mailto:fordlandia@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:00 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net; A. C. Tynes
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Thunderbird 302s
>
> An excerpt from this web page: http://www.mre-
> books.com/ranger/cooling.html
>
> "If you need a few more inches of room at the front of your motor a
> possibility worth considering is one of the short water pumps offered by
> Ford Motorsport. The standard rotation pump is designed to be used with V
> belt pulleys, part # M-8501-N, and is 1.5 inches shorter than the standard
> small block water pump. It must be used with a special pulley set M-8509-
> N. There's also a short pump for use with serpentine belts. It's part # M-
> 8509-A50. It's 1.75 inches shorter than the production water pumps and
> comes with a special front cover which has no provision for a mechanical
> fuel pump. It requires the use of a special alternator-mounting bracket M-
> 8511-C351 and a special steel 3-piece pulley set M-8509-L or M-8509-M for
> aluminum pulleys. 1991-93 5.0L Thunderbird and Cougar as well as 1994-95
> 5.0L Mustang all used a similar short water pump and front cover and can
> be an excellent choice for a donor vehicle to acquire your new V8 from."
>
> Bill Waite
> Grand Rapids
>
> --- On Sun, 9/28/08, A. C. Tynes <v8tracker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: A. C. Tynes <v8tracker@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] Thunderbird 302s
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 2:20 PM
>
>
> I saw a mention on the Internet that the installed length of 302s in
> the
> pre-94 Thunderbirds were as much as 2 inches shorter than in
> Mustangs.
> Supposedly due to different front covers and
> possibly different water pumps,
> but very vague. Anyone know anything about this?
>
>
>
> A.C. Tynes
>
> New Orleans
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