Exploding water pumps? Difference in early 273 water pumps vs later 1970s 318 pumps

Well it looked bigger than the balancer which are usually 7 so I just guessed, as I stated
We are in agreement. I did not look close enough at the crank pulley it does look like 8" and the wp pulley looks tiny.

My money is on your estimates now that I looked at my 6.5 and 6 pulleys.

Imagine the alternator shaft RPM!

I was being optomistic, my 67 crank pulley is in the 6" range and my wp is in the 6.5" range - slightly underdriven per the factory for a non AC car.

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Do you have the alt spacer in place?

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