Hi,
I'm planning on putting a 351C in my '70. Right now the car has a 250 I6 without power steering. I understand that the 351C is a good deal heavier, but I don't want to add power steering to the car. It steers and drives pretty well now with the manual steering box.
First of all, anyone have a '70 with a V8 and manual steering? Will the manual steering box, rag joint, etc. hold up ok?
Secondly, the Cleveland I have has two belts. One runs the alternator. The other runs the power steering and water pump / fan. Obviously I need to keep the water pump and fan. It looks to me like I need about a 7/8" thick spacer to run the water pump / fan from the same pulley as the alternator.
The problem I see is that the pulley that runs the alternator is larger than the one that runs the water pump and fan. My measured estimate is that the ratio of diameters is about 1.4 (5.25" vs. 7.25"). I'm not building a high-rpm screamer, and I'm not going to race or anything. If the water pump and fan run about 40% faster than factory, will that be ok? I guess I could buy an underdrive pulley if necessary. What do you recommend?
Also, the spacer will put the fan closer to the radiator. How much room is there usually? I'd really prefer not to move the engine and tranny back an inch right now.
I'm planning on putting a 351C in my '70. Right now the car has a 250 I6 without power steering. I understand that the 351C is a good deal heavier, but I don't want to add power steering to the car. It steers and drives pretty well now with the manual steering box.
First of all, anyone have a '70 with a V8 and manual steering? Will the manual steering box, rag joint, etc. hold up ok?
Secondly, the Cleveland I have has two belts. One runs the alternator. The other runs the power steering and water pump / fan. Obviously I need to keep the water pump and fan. It looks to me like I need about a 7/8" thick spacer to run the water pump / fan from the same pulley as the alternator.
The problem I see is that the pulley that runs the alternator is larger than the one that runs the water pump and fan. My measured estimate is that the ratio of diameters is about 1.4 (5.25" vs. 7.25"). I'm not building a high-rpm screamer, and I'm not going to race or anything. If the water pump and fan run about 40% faster than factory, will that be ok? I guess I could buy an underdrive pulley if necessary. What do you recommend?
Also, the spacer will put the fan closer to the radiator. How much room is there usually? I'd really prefer not to move the engine and tranny back an inch right now.