Hi there, I have a 302/5 litre engine from a lincoln limo I am fitting it to a euro ford capri and want to ditch the serpentine pulley system as all i will be running on the pulleys is the alternator and water pump.

can I us an early water pump (I am aware these flow the oposite way of late ones) or will I have to use an early pulley arrangement with the serpentine water pump?

can I simply bolt on early pulleys to my late model crank, water pump and alternator (i'd like to keep the late model 100 amp one) ?

any help apprectiated,

Tom
Scotland  

surely someone knows this??? HEEEEEELP!  

I'm not really a Ford guy but a good place to start would be to know the year of the engine. To me early and late model is too vague.  I'd check Summitracing.com for pulley kits or try and work up a system with an idler or tensioner pully and keep the serpentine belt. One belt is one belt rather a v-belt or serpentine and all be told I'd prefer the Serpentine belt for a 100-amp Alternator because it has more surface area and will reduce the likelyhood of a sqeaky belt under load.  

thanks mate, that gives me something to think about, i have all the serpentine pulleys for a wide belt anyhow, so i'm thinking knocking up the brackets and a tensoiner might be easiest way, you can buy wide belts over here by size rather than application too so getting that would be easy,
cheers,
Tom  

Just get a March #2004 and run a 6 rib belt using the stock crank and alternator pulley.  Works on a 302, 351W, 351C.  Here's on my 351C
 

If you use the march kit, just be sure to use the correct water pump  

early pulleys will bolt up. you need an early water pump. it will also bolt up.overheating will result from using a reverse rotation [late model] pump.depending on layout you may be able to get a shorter serpentine belt to work with your current pulleys.you will still need the early water pump, though