craig71springsport

Hey guys, going to be using an 85 5.0 in my 71. Was thinking about keeping my power steering but I had a few questions.

Do V-belt setups run in opposite directions from serpentine? Also, is serpentine stronger? I had alot of squeeling from my belts when the car was running, replaced both and all that and still had problems, assuming a serpentine will be better.

Also, if I decide to delete my power steering, where would I go to find a custom length serpentine belt? Do they make a kind of delete kit for that?

Thanks guys!

andrewmp6

on the none power steering look at any parts house website see if they sell the belt for none power steering.

mr_velocity

You can buy any length serpentine belt you want. The only thing that spins backwards is the water pump. I put a March kit on my 66.

craig71springsport

So do you think March would sell the belt I need?

craig71springsport

Gonna look at March as the other fine gentlemen has suggested. Do you think there will need to be some sort of pulley or tensioner put in the pumps place?

rmodel65

non power 71-73 steering boxes are fairly uncommon out of the 9 of them i owned only one had a manual box in it

gothand

In case you are wondering what an '85 5.0L Ford serpentine belt setup looks like...



FWIW, you can hook your stock high pressure hose to the '85 pump with a simple adapter from a hose shop. Works great.

craig71springsport

If I end up getting new lines before I drop the engine in I will, the one line is STUCK stronger than anything I've ever seen! Gonna have to cut the line and get a grabber bit on it, because I've more than stripped it.

palerider

I have a march in my 70 and I dont really consider it a serpentine system. Although it uses serpentine belts (you can measure and get at autozone). Does not really have serpentine setup like newer cars (no pulley). Plus you have to run an electric fuel pump if you want PS. No reason for electric fuel pump unless you are goig EFI. Just more things to wire and run your costs up. On my 66 build I'm going to look closely at CVP - see attached.

http://www.cvfracing.com/289-302-pulley-kits-s/140.htm

http://www.cvfracing.com/289-302-pulley-kits-s/140.htm

andrewmp6

Have you looked at c1pulleys.com in one picture you can see the mechanical fuel pump