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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