F150 StrokerCobra

first of all its a 1996 Explorer engine going into an 1989 F150!

well many of you guys may know the front timing cover changed after 1994 and uses different waterpumps and is shorter then one of an F150 belt system

so we made an 2" spacer and put it on there and make it work with the F150 belt system




and this is what happend at the first drive 4000 rpms and CRACK! custom water sprinkler system in the engine bay



now there is 2 options A and B

option A (easy one)

i can get an 1990 Mustang 5.0 belt system and they are much shorter but i still gotta use the explorer waterpump ( a new one of course ) and it mayyy work.. (no spacers this time) becuase the main difference is that the F150's belt system sticks out farther then the ones from mustangs.. and i have the original Eplorer crank pully also that i can use

OPTION B

change the wholeeee timing cover from an 5.0 earlier than a 1994 and keep using the F150 belt system with a F150 waterpump

this should give you an idea what im talking about

mjr46

personally I'd use the timing cover that allows you to use a f-150 pump, then you'll know it'll work

86HOGT

Oh, dear, what did yo uthink was going to happen with all that leverage....:sigh:...ah, yeah timing cover swap...not that hard...

F150 StrokerCobra

yupp.. i tracked down a timing cover from a 1990 stang now im gonna go with an F150 pump at the seller and see if it fits and then swap the bastard


the engine is ready for the swapp it was easy removing everything...