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Old 09-22-2021, 12:27 PM   #11
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Re: help identifying short or long water pump

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Originally Posted by conoco View Post
Is it possible to have a BB short water pump on a SBC engine? Because according to the picture my would be a BB water pump. Am I looking at it wrong? Its also weird that my truck is a 1972 which states they switched to the long water pump. My short block 350 was turned into a 383 though so maybe that's the reason for the above mentioned. I just don't know though. Hopefully I can learn something new
You're looking at it wrong.. BBC and SBC water pumps are NOT interchangeable.. Some of the SBC engines in the larger trucks had a bypass running from the intake manifold just below the thermostat to a nipple installed in the water pump where that plug is on your pump...
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