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Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #15 –
I thought the LSC had a different alternator bracket.The alternator looked a lot bigger on the LSC I got my engine from.I may be wrong,but I remember the alternator being wider between the two bolt holes that mount the alternator.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #16 –
What set of brackets should I use on a CFI 5.0 car? Stang then?

Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #17 –
Either way 84fila,Stang or Bird/Cougar.Stang brackets are all over E-Bay,and there are probably more of them out there than the Bird brackets.If you don't have a/c,get the Stang steering pump and the FRPP a/c eliminator.Very clean look,and do the 3G upgrade while you're at it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #18 –
Aight, thanks Vinnie and sorry to hijack the thread.

Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #19 –
Yes Vinnie the Lincolns used an 8" alternator bracket and the cat/bird/stang used 7".

An easy 3G swap for the 8" brackets is one from a 3.8 taurus.  You have to mill down the backside of the smaller ear on the alt but thats simple work.
One 88

Difference between HO and SO Accessory Brackets?

Reply #20 –
That's what I thought.I have two or three of those 3.8 alternators and a nearly new 3.0 alternator as a backup to the one I'm using just in case something goes wrong.It's been great for a year.I gather up 3G's any chance I get.I had about 10,but I'm down to 3 or 4.The 3.0 3G stays with me.
  Hey Fila,I don't think anybody minds the hijacking,it's all about helping each other.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..