The Ford Barn - View Single Post - 1940 ford with a swap from the f/h to a s/b ford

sanborn · 12-19-2010, 12:03 PM

Milt, I am using a Milodon "short" , high flow pump. What I did was to fabricate the air conditioner compressor and alternator mounts, then go to our local oval track speed shop and start looking through pulleys. I found a bottom pulley that lined up and then chose the top pulleys to get a good 1 to 1 ratio. The pulleys are aluminum which allows some minor machine work to get perfect alignment. Plus, most oval track shops also carry the "back spacers" in .030", .060" and .090" for both top and bottom pulleys to get the alignment close. Opps, I forgot to add, the harmonic balancer is an inexpensive, aftermarket unit the has both standard Ford AND GM bolt patterns---I sorta cheated on that one.

12-19-2010, 12:03 PM	#29
sanborn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Shelbyville TN Posts: 174	Re: 1940 ford with a swap from the f/h to a s/b ford Milt, I am using a Milodon "short" , high flow pump. What I did was to fabricate the air conditioner compressor and alternator mounts, then go to our local oval track speed shop and start looking through pulleys. I found a bottom pulley that lined up and then chose the top pulleys to get a good 1 to 1 ratio. The pulleys are aluminum which allows some minor machine work to get perfect alignment. Plus, most oval track shops also carry the "back spacers" in .030", .060" and .090" for both top and bottom pulleys to get the alignment close. Opps, I forgot to add, the harmonic balancer is an inexpensive, aftermarket unit the has both standard Ford AND GM bolt patterns---I sorta cheated on that one.