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Hey Paul -

Thanks for all the info!

In fact, Gearheads supplied me with what appears to be that same pump, however with their steering bracket in place of the horse shoe bracket shown in your photo, and their bracket is drilled for a shorter-deck 302, so it's off just a hair.

While reading your post, a couple lightbulbs went off in my head...

The car currently has an aftermarket serpentine setup that I am not happy with, so it's coming off.

My goal is to use as many factory Ford brackets as possible. I've been amassing Ford 5.0 brackets, but I've run into some issues with the H2O pump. I may have the SN95 4.6 water pump with a longer nose, (F5TE 8505-C4-A). To use the standard 5.0 pump, brackets, and pulleys, I may have to change the timing cover and then the H2O pump to get the pulleys to line up.

Next challenge - the steering pump. If I had the horse shoe shaped bracket shown in the pic you provided, do you think the Cardone pump would bolt into the Ford aluminum steering bracket in the attached pic of a stock 5.0 pump and aluminum bracket? I've got a 351 adapter bracket for the 5.0 pump... see attached pic of black bracket.

I'd like to end up with an arrangement like the last photo - this is from a kit Cobra, and it's nice and clean. It looks like he's running a smog pump with no pulley (?). This is a 302. If the cardone pump with the horse shoe bolts into this steering bracket, I'm getting closer.

Lastly, we should chat about the Hydroboost conversion while we're at it... I've never been happy with the brakes on the car, and Jeff Schwartz swears to me that the problem is with the assist....

Thanks again for doing the homework and helping us out!

- Kevin