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Water pump design for the red blocks - commentary

posted by  garlandw on  Fri Sep 1 04:44 CST 2006
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I suspect that you are right. Perhaps the pump was made long to clear the timing belts. I don't remember what the old OHV design of the early red blocks had. Still, they could have retained the original block castings and a shorter pump by using a spacer between the block and the pump.

Bill






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