Alternator Bracket for 351W solution

[MValley Snake]

Hello All,
My MKIII came with a Ford 351/392 Stroker Crate Engine, unfortunatly the installer must have only had generic alternator mounting brackets available as they are both low quality and mis-aligned with the water pump and lower pulley.
Has anyone came up with a classy, good fitting solution (perhhaps billet aluminium)?

Thanks in advance,
Brian
Maple Valley WA.

[Dana E.]

I used a March pulley/bracket setup. Low mount, passenger side. It's billet aluminum, they fit and line up correctly. I'm using the ribbed, serpentine style belt, standard rotation water pump and underdrive crank pulley. Let me know if you want me to find the part numbers.

Dana

[MValley Snake]

I have a regular "V" Belt but if the March kit fits, I would be greatful for the part/model number.

[JBCOBRA]

I got everything from Jones Racing.
Super high quality and they are great guys!

Lightweight High Performance, One-Wire Alternators & Accessories

[Wbulk]

I got mine from Kirkhams. It's a 302 but I think they have them for a 351W.

[double-rr]

I have a 351W with a March Pulley setup P/N 30380 for the driver side lower radiator hose and standard rotation water pump. Everything fit pretty well. Misalignment on the alternator pulley was ~0.100" which was adjusted with a spacer (washer) on the 7/16" alternator bolt between the head and spacer. Misalignment on the water pump pulley was about ~0.060" which I adjusted with a generic w/p spacer that was 0.062". The alternator and w/p pulley's both needed to come away from the engine. After alignment, the misalignment was only about 0.002" which is pretty good considering that there is some variance in the harmonic balancer and water pumps.

I measured the misalignment by putting a straight edge on the crank pulley (across both sides), measuring the distance to the belt on the crank pulley. Then measured the distance from the straight edge to the belt on the alternator and w/p pulleys and subtracted the distance measured on the crank pulley.

BTW, I'm using an inline radiator cap and no Harrison tank. The March pulleys are a bit pricey (~$400)

Here's pix of the setup.



Russ

[bobcowan]

Mike Forte makes a pretty nice bracket set.

March pulleys are one of the best. But they are definitely not cheap.

[MValley Snake]

Thanks Guy's!
The March for V belt looks like the right choice for me.

[KenC]

I thought the March number for the alternator bracket only was 30391? Also, Ford Bronco's have an adapter that mounts to the front of the head and allows 302 brackets to be used. I'm currently looking at this one as well:

Amazon.com: Billet Aluminum Alternator Bracket, Ford 351W, 5.8: Automotive

[Sledge]

Call Alistair at Millerspeed--really good stuff, got it on my 351W


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