Originally Posted by
NF-155
I have several questions regarding pulleys, water pump swap and the two lower crankshaft pulleys. I purchased a crate engine 5.4 L lightning 50,000 miles ago, the air conditioning pump and power steering pump pulley are six rIb. all of the Harley Davidson pulleys for the supercharger are eight rib. Is it OK to leave the six rib in place since they do not run on the supercharger belt? - Just to clarify... the Lightning and HD both have two belts, one is an accessory belt and the other is the SC belt. The SC belt is 8 rib and consist of the lower crank pulley, the SC pulley, a tensioner pulley, and two idler pulleys. Off hand I don't know how many ribs are used for the the L/HD accessories (AC compressor, power steering pump) but if you purchased a crate motor then I'm guessing they are 6-ribbed since that's what came on the motor you purchased. As long as you have the proper ribbed belts properly installed on both belt drives you should have no issues.
when the guys removed the two crankshaft pulley's they damaged the adapter that held them together does anyone know where I can purchase a new one or is there a different idea for the two Crank pulleys? - Can you post pics of what you are referring to?
The L/HD has the crank pulley for the SC and a balancer/pulley for the accessories affixed to the front of the crank. The factory crank pulley is "caged" it has three arms that bolt to the block for added support and reverse-threads into the crank (see pic below). Factory crank pulleys can be found quite readily in the classifieds of Lightning/HD forums. You can start a Want To Buy (WTB) thread if worst comes to worst. You also have the option to buy a larger aftermarket crank pulley but doing this changes the pulley ratio driving the SC. Generically its called "upping the boost" and is done for performance.
also can I stay with the current water pump or do I need to install the Harley Davidson water pump it appears as though the Harley Davidson water pump is different but I'm not sure how? - Again, you say you purchased a crate L/HD motor so I fail to see why you're concerned that it doesn't have the proper water pump.
The water pumps used on Ls/HDs were interchangeable with certain Mustang and Navigator water pumps. The differences between the pumps are impeller designs and the presence/absence of a threaded shaft for mechanical fans. To give you an idea of what the water pumps looks like I've attached a link for you to reference that has pictures of the factory L/HD water pump and the Mustang and Navigator pumps. The link will also give you an idea of why the Mustang and Navigator pumps were used by some guys.