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Has anybody here one run of these in a street car? How did that work out? I wonder how these water pumps hold up during the winter? Just curious.
Packman
well i suppose it would run fine, i know a buddy has one for his race truck and it works quite nice, although its a small block chevy 400.
but from what i can tell if it will handle the abuse from a mudracing truck should handle just fine in winter, i do have another freind of mine who runs ones in his ford powere mudtruck as well
89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....
The car is daily driver for my mom. She doesn't drive very far with it, but it's a DD that needs to be able to run at a moments notice. The front accessories can be worked with, I'm not too worried about that.
The car is daily driver for my mom. She doesn't drive very far with it, but it's a DD that needs to be able to run at a moments notice. The front accessories can be worked with, I'm not too worried about that.
Packman
So then how would you drive the alternator, and the power steering pump?
There really is no point to use an electric water pump. Belt driven pumps are more reliable.
An electric pump to me would be a draw on the electrical system as well, pair that with an electric cooling fan (that would need to be there) and a decent sound system, and everything just starts running stupid (dimming lights etc).
So then how would you drive the alternator, and the power steering pump?
There really is no point to use an electric water pump. Belt driven pumps are more reliable.
An electric pump to me would be a draw on the electrical system as well, pair that with an electric cooling fan (that would need to be there) and a decent sound system, and everything just starts running stupid (dimming lights etc).
your worried abotu draw with a 3G? lol
89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....
The fact that only 1 or 2 are even advertised as being "FOR STREET USE", and they say it like it's a big deal, makes me think you'd have reliability issues long-term.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)
You could probably get away with running the rest of the accessories without the WP pulley, but it might require adding an idler pulley somewhere in the general area of the water pump to get it to work right. My main concern would be reliability on a DD. If it was a weekend warrior / track car it wouldn't be a concern, but not on the car I want to go to work every day in. One neat thing you can do with an electric water pump though is run it and the electric fan with the engine off and cool the motor down completely. Can't do that with a belt driven pump.
86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
One neat thing you can do with an electric water pump though is run it and the electric fan with the engine off and cool the motor down completely. Can't do that with a belt driven pump.
That is a nice feature. Sure speeds up cool down in the pits. It takes only a few minutes to bottom out the temp gauge in the Monte.
By the way way, we have the car on a charger between rounds.
**2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: 5.0/ 6 spd/ 3.73s, 20K Cruiser **2006 MGM,"Ultimate": 4.6/ 2.73/ Dark Tint, Magnaflows, 19s, 115K Daily Driver **2012 Harley Davidson Wide Glide (FXDWG):103/ Cobra Speedsters/ Cosmetics, 9K Poseur HD Rider **1976 Ford F-150 4WD: 360, 4 spd, 3.50s, factory A/C, 4" lift, Bilsteins, US Indy Mags, 35s Truck Duties
Maybe on something with a decent charging/ electrical system.
The Monte has a shitty low amp GM alternator, a crappy battery, and a significant voltage drop between the battery (in trunk) and starter due to the cable size.
If you run much of anything without the car running, it gets a little lazy. And a car that won't start in the staging lanes is just a shame.
Where we run, you don't get many runs in a day; we try not to waste any, which is why it stays on the charger between rounds.
**2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: 5.0/ 6 spd/ 3.73s, 20K Cruiser **2006 MGM,"Ultimate": 4.6/ 2.73/ Dark Tint, Magnaflows, 19s, 115K Daily Driver **2012 Harley Davidson Wide Glide (FXDWG):103/ Cobra Speedsters/ Cosmetics, 9K Poseur HD Rider **1976 Ford F-150 4WD: 360, 4 spd, 3.50s, factory A/C, 4" lift, Bilsteins, US Indy Mags, 35s Truck Duties
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