Ford Racing water pump question

citmov

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Looking for some info on this water pump:
Part#: M-8501-B50

I bought a bunch of stuff from this guy and he threw this in for $50 bucks. I'm going to swap out my cam so I figured I could possibly use this. But I can't seem to find too much information on this. Looks like they don't make it anymore.

Does anyone know much about this water pump?
What does reverse rotation mean?

Thanks!

 

HISSIN50

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Reverse rotation is for serpentine systems (like came stock on 87-93 V8's).

 

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citmov said:

Looking for some info on this water pump:
Part#: M-8501-B50

I bought a bunch of stuff from this guy and he threw this in for $50 bucks. I'm going to swap out my cam so I figured I could possibly use this. But I can't seem to find too much information on this. Looks like they don't make it anymore.

Does anyone know much about this water pump?
What does reverse rotation mean?

Thanks!

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Hope this helps....
Ford Racing Performance Parts - [Part Details]

But your right...it is not listed in the 2010 Ford Racing catalog.

A reverse rotation pump is needed due to the serpentine belt configuration. Now if you delete some of the pulleys (ie: smog pump, a/c, belt tensioner, etc....) a reverse pump may not be needed depending on the alignment of the remaining pulleys.

 

citmov

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cool...thanks guys!!!

 

Cobra912

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it's a motorcraft pump in a ford racing box.

 

citmov

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Cobra912 said:

it's a motorcraft pump in a ford racing box.

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so is it no better than a regular water pump?

 

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well I've bought two of them and both times they had motorcraft stickers. so they are good pumps but nothing like a high flow pump or anything. at least that's been my experience. running one right now on my supercharged 331, works great