302 water pump to alternator tensioner bracket issues.

[@newguysgarage6802]

Good thinking 😁👍

[@BPattB]

Right on! Hopefully I can weld that nut without having to pull the water pump out. If I do at least i didn't put the hoses on and fill the radiator. I'll just have to pull the water pump back off, clean the gasket surface and grab a new gasket. Maybe I should just do it that way so I can weld the nut on the workbench.

[@CCAutoWorks]

107° definitely sucks three days last week it was 116 absolutely miserable

[@BPattB]

Yeah man funny enough I thought about a couple of friends I have "in Texas" and you guys when I heard it was so hot out there. Hope y'all are keeping it cool out there. Happy 4th brothers. I'll let you know how this goes!!!

[@CCAutoWorks]

@@BPattB thanks brother happy 4th to you to

[@fazawah2933]

Waiting for repair update .

[@BPattB]

Been working a lot, I'm hoping to get it wrapped up this weekend but I can't promise. Things have been crazy at work.

[@CCAutoWorks]

This situation is definitely a pain I've been there but every car I've ever worked on has passenger inlet and all the truck vans broncos have the driver side and the brackets won't enter change with each other

[@BPattB]

I was thinking about my car and the water pump, as I unloaded fireworks. What you said makes a ton of sense. I have a Bronco/van water pump with mustang brackets. I think I'm going to pull the pump off and take it to one of my friends with a weld rig and have them tig weld it. If I had the gas I would do it myself but I didn't so I'll call in a favor. I took a torque wrench to my old pump and the weld on the nut broke off at 30 footpounds. It's probably fine but if I don't I'll always be thinking about it when I'm driving it.

[@BPattB]

I was reading an article that compared the 65 HiPo 289 and the Shelby GT350 motors. I came across this, On the original Hi-Po, the forged pistons were combined with 52-55cc combustion chambers to produce a static compression ratio of 10.5:1. The final element in the short-block was the solid flat-tappet cam. Our reproduction Hi-Po 289 cam came from Elgin and featured the factory specs of .477-inch lift and 310 degrees of advertised duration (roughly 228 degrees measured at .050). I have been thinking about the compression I may be running. I have the 4 relief valve pistons, I thought that may drop it some. Also the block being.030 over will decrease it some. I'm probably closer to 10.25ish :1. Also this article listed the cam specs. The car having the Shelby stripes and the "Shelby Powered 289" badges probably doesn't mean anything,,,, or could it 🤣???? At any rate I should have pulled the timing cover and got a look at the front of the cam when I did the water pump. Hope all's well you guys and the Castback!!! Stay cool out there!

[@CCAutoWorks]

@@BPattB that's a alot of info what heads are on your car again lowest cc head I could ever find was 58cc and the 4 valve reliefs are a killer i go with the KB pistons because the offer single valve reliefs

[@BPattB]

@@CCAutoWorks they the factory 65 289 heads. I believe they are the 55s. Using a bore cam we were able to see machining marks so they have been worked some. Oh and the heads were painted with Glyptal so that should add another 30HP 😁