That Ford Racing pulley is nice. Looking at all of this, used in combination with the "shortie pump" may be exactly what you need for the flat cover?
IF the Ford Racing shortie 302/351 pump can be made to fit simply, that would be the simple solution.
Or, if I can get a "short bearing" replacement assembly from Ford Racing AND it is the same OD as what I have, that would work also in my pump housing.
The pump solution is just not going to happen overnight unfortunately.
Machining my bearing assembly down makes little sense since everything is going to be unknown such as will the seal work and will the single bearing be sufficient? Plus, it won't be easy to do either.
I'd rather have Ford Racing do the hard work and developement work rather then me screw this all up Royally which seems highly likely?
Thanks for posting your pictures. The next step is just to get a hold of the Ford Racing short 351w pump and see if it can be adapted to the 351c?
The OD of the bearing out of my 302 pump is 1-5/16". The OD of the C pump is 1-3/8". There are all sorts of issues pointing towards a no can do on shortening this pump. The housing is easy. It is the cutting of the bearing that is the issue.
I haven't given up on it yet though.
I think that it is not coincidental that the short pump is 1-1/2" shorter then stock, that pulley is machined back for the correct amount of offset and the number that I came up with needed for the flat bulkhead is 1-1/2" shorter? I don't think that is all magic?
There is seemingly always a complication in stuff like this. I didn't expect it to be the bearing design.