Any alternative to Meziere water pump?
01-09-2011, 06:49 PM
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Any alternative to Meziere water pump? I don't mind paying a couple hundred for a pump but c'mon 600 bucks for an electric water pump? Are there any alternatives to the Meziere or is it just that and a factory pump?
I see there is a 100 series Meziere but thats still 476 bucks and it moves 35-40 gpm. I guess that might be my alternative.
I see there is a 100 series Meziere but thats still 476 bucks and it moves 35-40 gpm. I guess that might be my alternative.
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01-20-2011, 10:51 AM
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IMO im with this guy. I understand the machining is pricey, but those pumps are outrageous.
Ive contemplated machining -an adapters for the front of the motor with recessed o rings, then just putting an inline water pump on there. Im sure someone makes these adapters, i just like to make **** myself. The only hangups i see would be the additional coolant passages on the stock/600.00 water pump. Putting fittings on the front of the motor would hold this up, not to mention you would lose your stock belt configuration, thermostat housing, ect, with the loss of the water pump on the front of the motor. For someone clearing real estate for a big front mount turbo kit, this is good, but for some of us its just another headache to conquer.
In other words, as far as i know, there are no other options. They monopolized the market with that pump.
To think though, if they took the pump out of the cnc about 3 hours earlier and avoided etching LS1 and cutting tear drops and scallops out of the pulley, perhaps they could lower the price. Those additions are IMO tasteless attributes that just drive the production costs up, even if its a few dollars. Do they all say LS1 on them? They should just make it olde english font too while they are at it.
Ive contemplated machining -an adapters for the front of the motor with recessed o rings, then just putting an inline water pump on there. Im sure someone makes these adapters, i just like to make **** myself. The only hangups i see would be the additional coolant passages on the stock/600.00 water pump. Putting fittings on the front of the motor would hold this up, not to mention you would lose your stock belt configuration, thermostat housing, ect, with the loss of the water pump on the front of the motor. For someone clearing real estate for a big front mount turbo kit, this is good, but for some of us its just another headache to conquer.
In other words, as far as i know, there are no other options. They monopolized the market with that pump.
To think though, if they took the pump out of the cnc about 3 hours earlier and avoided etching LS1 and cutting tear drops and scallops out of the pulley, perhaps they could lower the price. Those additions are IMO tasteless attributes that just drive the production costs up, even if its a few dollars. Do they all say LS1 on them? They should just make it olde english font too while they are at it.
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01-20-2011, 12:19 PM
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The Meziere water pump can it last on the street or is it more of just a track pump?
what so good about it why would u want to go with it ? just free up a little power ?
what so good about it why would u want to go with it ? just free up a little power ?
01-20-2011, 12:35 PM
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Thats basically it. I want to extract every bit of power I can out of my new motor.
As far as it being a street pump. I know a few people who haven't had any issues but their cars are not daily drivers. They drive them on the weekends but they drive them everywhere.
As far as it being a street pump. I know a few people who haven't had any issues but their cars are not daily drivers. They drive them on the weekends but they drive them everywhere.
01-20-2011, 03:42 PM
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i drive mine daily, and i am about to pull the trigger on one. I have had one on another car with no issues. If you put one of these on a severely modded car, youd actually be surprised sometimes at how much power they can provide all the time for the cost. 600 in theroy is not too high for a part thats going to provide a few whp all the time i guess. Just when you compare it to the aerospace pump/other pumps available as explained, its waaaay more costly.
Most of even the cheapo ewp's are rated at like 2000 hours. My friends duramax truck has 101k miles on it and 3300 hours. So you do the math...
Most of even the cheapo ewp's are rated at like 2000 hours. My friends duramax truck has 101k miles on it and 3300 hours. So you do the math...
01-23-2011, 09:22 PM
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I had a CSI pump on my old LT1 car. I loved it! I've often wondered about taking an old LT1 pump and trying to mount it remotely. I'm sure you could get a dead LT1 pump for next to nothing, and the electric pump is more or less a conversion. You basically gut the pump, drive a freeze plug in the back (where the spline used to drive it - no belts on this baby), and set the electric pump right in the housing. I'm sure there's room to mount one of these things around the bumper area, all we'd have to do is figure out how to re-route the belt, and get the water to/from the pump.
