Now that I have my rebuilt engine back from the shop it is time to put the accessories on. I bought the block, heads, intake, carb and sheet metal, but no water pump or other fittings. Since the engine "was" a '76 Corvette engine I bought a water pump for a '76 Corvette and now I need pulleys. The harmonic balancer is an 8" added by the engine shop. What is this business about short or long water pumps? I went to buy some chrome pulleys from a catalog and found over 20 different combinations and the prices are such that I do not want to buy 10 to find a combination that fits. I'll bet some of you know just what to buy. I may add an AC later so I guess I need a crank pulley with three grooves (water pump, alternator and maybe later an AC. The water pump I have looks like a short unit (I guess) since it backs up close to the cam gear cover and looks like it lines up for a pulley just slightly beyond the nose of the harmonic balancer. I am hoping it is a short water pump to fit into a '29 Ford engine bay. (If it is long, I might as well put in a Windsor 351 and the long water pump was one reason I did not chose a Windsor!) "All" I want to know is what pulleys to buy.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder