[Tigers] Thunderbird 302s / 90 degree adapter

[Tony Somebody]

After giving the short water pump "parts swap" some more thought, I realized that somewhere "donor car or engine" had been mentioned or maybe I dreamed it. At any rate, if a person had the complete engine and was installing same, all parts would have to line up. But if changing them on an early SBF engine some problems will still arise. Thinking(dangerous for me) that the donor engine would have a crank pulley that makes things line up, I have to wonder if it will clear everything our crank pulley does. I think of this because to the best of my memory, there are no other cars that used the same pulley. Also the newer engine has a four bolt harmonic balancer- most likely a 50 oz. so it would require the purchase of an adjustable balancer if used on an older 28 oz. engine. They are available and will allow fitment of three or four hole pulleys, in case it required the stock Tiger crank pulley for fitment. I'm really interested to know if this shorter water
 pump and pulleys that match will solve problems or create new ones. I'm not trying to be a pessimist, just have a desire to know about any and all parts that will fit on Tigers, especially if they make improvement over stock parts.

Another subject, recently mentioned was the 90 degree oil filter adapter. I remember a post saying it wouldn't work on a car with headers but I think I also read that CAT had headers made that it did clear. I know that each time CAT made a new order for headers, they had the manufacture to rework the previous set to correct any problems with clearances etc. Having tried to do so with each order made in the past. With that in mind, is there anyone who is using the 90 degree filter adapter and also running headers that clear the adapter/filter?
 Thanks in advance.
Tony