ctross

Can anyone send me a pic of their 351w engine and how the alternator is installed?

I have a couple different brackets I bought of ebay, both with different sized spacers, and bolts, etc. I just can't seem how to figure out how to mount if properly, nothing seems to work. both say they were for a 351, but both came with instructions for a 289/302 (go figure).

Does it belong on the driver or passenger side?

69mach1377

Mine is on the passenger side, not sure if any pix in my sig link will help but check them out.

fastbackford351

You can drive yourself nuts trying to figure out SBF brackets & pulleys if you have a mismatched setup so you need to decide which you want to use and get a complete setup. What bracket setup are you using? 69 or 70 and later? They are different.

There is a particular bracket that is needed for the 351W alternator in both cases vs the 289/302. It mounts on the head passenger side head.

Here is the bracket needed for the 1969 alternator setup:



And this is the one used for post 69:

Mustangs of Illinois

Here is mine, hard to see. But mine uses the bracket like the top one shown above. I got it from a Bronco site.

teeeeg67

In my opinion the easiest way to avoid the headache that is pulley systems is to buy a kit that will handle everything. Like from march. You pay a little more but everything is included. Here is my march set up with a 1g alternator. It came with the proper spacer and bracket to attach to the head

Mustangs of Illinois

No interference problems with the alternator sitting that high up ?
Should be real close to the upper hose !

teeeeg67

Upper rad house was an issue only because the kit calls for a thermostat housing that looks straight up. But a friend fabricated me some stainless radiator hoses. Solving a that problem