The 302's that come from Ford Motorsports are designed for serpentine belts since I assume most of them are going in Fox bodies. My car is a 64 1/2, so it has a generator (not an alternator for clarification). And it also has power steering. Can these be retrofitted somehow to work with the 302's?
Crate engine accessory questions.
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mfp4073
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You can change over the motor to the classic style setup. You may need to get a new pivot bolt for the PS, classic timing cover, a new balancer, and a few other small things. The biggest expense will be the balancer. I had to use a FMS steel balancer that had the provision to bolt up the classic pully bolt pattern. If I think of anything else I will post up. You will also have to degree the balancer as the marks will be on the wrong side, but that is easy enough to do.
On my 351W I got from Ford it had an "A" and "B" set of timing marks so I could just put the stock timing pointer on the correct side. Also the timing chain cover worked for me, the new and old ones are the same. I needed a different water pump, 1970 and newer use a crossflow radiator which is what it's setup for.
Looking in the 2003 Ford catalog only one of the three 302s comes with the serpentine setup. Online shows that you can purchase a conversion kit that makes it work in a Fox body.
"This kit is intended for customers that purchase one of our 5.0L long block crate engines and plan to install it in a 1979-93 Mustang or other Fox chassis vehicle. This kit includes: dual sump oil pan, oil pump pickup tube, dipstick, dipstick tube, crankshaft damper, timing pointer, M-8501-C50 reverse rotation serpentine water pump and M-6059-D351 timing chain cover."
I think it comes the way you want it, just the water pump you'll have to change, I think.
I never found FordRacing.com to be very up to date though.
Looking in the 2003 Ford catalog only one of the three 302s comes with the serpentine setup. Online shows that you can purchase a conversion kit that makes it work in a Fox body.
"This kit is intended for customers that purchase one of our 5.0L long block crate engines and plan to install it in a 1979-93 Mustang or other Fox chassis vehicle. This kit includes: dual sump oil pan, oil pump pickup tube, dipstick, dipstick tube, crankshaft damper, timing pointer, M-8501-C50 reverse rotation serpentine water pump and M-6059-D351 timing chain cover."
I think it comes the way you want it, just the water pump you'll have to change, I think.
I never found FordRacing.com to be very up to date though.
