Electric water pumps
03-18-2008, 05:58 PM
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Electric water pumps Well I just got a 402 from Texas speed and I dont think it comes with a new water pump and I was thinking of getting an Electric water pump
I wanna know a few things
what is the best one out there? best as in for a 500whp engine, maybe more in teh future. daily driver, will see soem long track days sometimes and some dragstrip time as well... But mainly a streetable daily driver it is..
how much HP will this free up? and I have a underdrive pulley, so will this make it operate easier, since less load for the belt to turn?
Lastly, what size belt do I need with a 25% underdrive pulley, AC, stock alternator..
I wanna know a few things
what is the best one out there? best as in for a 500whp engine, maybe more in teh future. daily driver, will see soem long track days sometimes and some dragstrip time as well... But mainly a streetable daily driver it is..
how much HP will this free up? and I have a underdrive pulley, so will this make it operate easier, since less load for the belt to turn?
Lastly, what size belt do I need with a 25% underdrive pulley, AC, stock alternator..
03-18-2008, 06:13 PM
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Really they are good for the staging lanes. Nice to have your circulation without having the engine running and just getting hot. There really is no other reason to get one other than you can turn it on when you want to. I would just stick with a stocker and pocket several hundred.
03-18-2008, 11:43 PM
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Really they are good for the staging lanes. Nice to have your circulation without having the engine running and just getting hot. There really is no other reason to get one other than you can turn it on when you want to. I would just stick with a stocker and pocket several hundred.
03-19-2008, 02:39 AM
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Really they are good for the staging lanes. Nice to have your circulation without having the engine running and just getting hot. There really is no other reason to get one other than you can turn it on when you want to. I would just stick with a stocker and pocket several hundred.
and secondly, I wanted to go with a race battery a few months back, but Im guessing this will eat up some of the juice when I run it. So I shouldnt go too light on my next battery
in that case, should I go with a brand new stocker? I might as well since Im going with a brand new 402 shorblock. I doubt it comes with one and I might as well get a new thermostat. well my LS1 has 90+k on it and the water pump is still the original, so I should go with a new...
where can I get one? a sponsor here or would a local auto parts store have one.. I doubt it, they have nothing nowadays
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03-19-2008, 02:52 AM
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Yeah, you'll free up SOME power due to parasitic drag, but how much power could a water pump possibly consume? The Meziere is a quality unit, but the cheapest I've seen one sell for is over $500.00! I don't know, but I think five C-Notes would be better spent elsewhere. I've owned three 4th Gen F-Bodies (all Trans Ams); two LS1's, and one LT1....I had no cooling issues whatsoever with the LS1 cars.....the LT1 was a different story.
If my LS1 Trans Am ever gives me cooling problems, I'd look at a GOOD aluminum radiator before I'd cough up 5 bills for a pump. But that's just me.............
If my LS1 Trans Am ever gives me cooling problems, I'd look at a GOOD aluminum radiator before I'd cough up 5 bills for a pump. But that's just me.............
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in that case, should I go with a brand new stocker? I might as well since Im going with a brand new 402 shorblock. I doubt it comes with one and I might as well get a new thermostat. well my LS1 has 90+k on it and the water pump is still the original, so I should go with a new...
where can I get one? a sponsor here or would a local auto parts store have one.. I doubt it, they have nothing nowadays
where can I get one? a sponsor here or would a local auto parts store have one.. I doubt it, they have nothing nowadays
03-19-2008, 11:23 AM
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I had an electric water pump on a 96Z...much different in that you used the stock waterpump housing and the electric unit was dirt cheap. I know it flowed something like 40 gallons per minute ALL THE TIME... where the stock one would flow 26GPM at 6500RPM. So they flow consistantly all the time, no matter the RPM.
I could easily get 30mpg in that M6 car on the highway with 4.10s, BBK shorties, UDP, FIPK, and a Borla Adj. Catback.
I would love to do one again, but not for that kind of money. If no one bought them then maybe they would come off their price a few hundred dollars.
I could easily get 30mpg in that M6 car on the highway with 4.10s, BBK shorties, UDP, FIPK, and a Borla Adj. Catback.
I would love to do one again, but not for that kind of money. If no one bought them then maybe they would come off their price a few hundred dollars.
03-19-2008, 11:53 AM
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I could think of better places to spend that kind of money!
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I had an electric water pump on a 96Z...much different in that you used the stock waterpump housing and the electric unit was dirt cheap. I know it flowed something like 40 gallons per minute ALL THE TIME... where the stock one would flow 26GPM at 6500RPM. So they flow consistantly all the time, no matter the RPM.
I could easily get 30mpg in that M6 car on the highway with 4.10s, BBK shorties, UDP, FIPK, and a Borla Adj. Catback.
I would love to do one again, but not for that kind of money. If no one bought them then maybe they would come off their price a few hundred dollars.
I could easily get 30mpg in that M6 car on the highway with 4.10s, BBK shorties, UDP, FIPK, and a Borla Adj. Catback.
I would love to do one again, but not for that kind of money. If no one bought them then maybe they would come off their price a few hundred dollars.
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Yeah, you'll free up SOME power due to parasitic drag, but how much power could a water pump possibly consume? The Meziere is a quality unit, but the cheapest I've seen one sell for is over $500.00! I don't know, but I think five C-Notes would be better spent elsewhere. I've owned three 4th Gen F-Bodies (all Trans Ams); two LS1's, and one LT1....I had no cooling issues whatsoever with the LS1 cars.....the LT1 was a different story.
If my LS1 Trans Am ever gives me cooling problems, I'd look at a GOOD aluminum radiator before I'd cough up 5 bills for a pump. But that's just me.............
If my LS1 Trans Am ever gives me cooling problems, I'd look at a GOOD aluminum radiator before I'd cough up 5 bills for a pump. But that's just me.............
Maybe I will reuse my old radiator , but Im unsure if I wanna reuse my old water pump. Id get a rebuilt one or something.. I have to check my LS2 block first, I dunno if they came with one... chances are they didnt though....
should I do something to clean out my old radiator is there a procedure?
03-20-2008, 02:10 AM
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I can get roughly 27 on the road now in my hotcam LS1 w/ 4.10s if I drive about 70mph. I know its got more than that in it too. I have never had it really tuned, nor has it ever even seen a wideband.
