Motor Plate and Pulleys...

[DonnieLawson]

Im thinking about using a motor plate in my 68 Cuda with a 505 RB stroker ...
How are you guys spacing the pulleys with the water pump shoved forward ?
Im looking at this plate . $175 from Mancini.
Car is street driven .... 600 hp.
Donnie

 

[billyjay]

i am using the same Plate from mancini and i too am going to be trying to figure out how to mount my vacuum pump to my motor plate soon as i buy the pump..

 

[inkjunkie]

found these in my searching......:toothy10:


http://www.gzmotorsports.com/alternator-kits.html

http://www.dotymi.com/Automotive_Home.htm

 

[DonnieLawson]

I'll be using a stock alternator with an Aluminum water pump & housing , and probably electric puller fans

 

[duster harry]

One of my side jobs a few years ago was to put a big block in a dart using a set of elephant ears,and what i did to keep cost down was i measured the thickness of the plate and took the water pump housing to the machine shop and removed that much from it, so when i bolted the water pump and plate onto the block everything was at the correct location to run stock pulleys , alt, and p/s pump, with no aglinment probems, and it costed less that $50.00.

 

[doug 371]

i have a housing here like that...shaved 3/8 and everything still lines up

 

[DonnieLawson]

Sounds like a plan.
Anybody shim the alternator ? The crank pulley is a piece of cake to shim .

 

[gearjammer340]

We are picking up our race car later today and it has motor plates and an alternator and I'll post some picks of that and a diff water pump setup to look at.
Jr.

 

[AndyF]

Mancini Racing sells a spacer for the crank pulley that is 3/8 thick. It is designed to work with the Mancini motor plate.