Anybody used one? Comments???

My personal opinion, waste of time and money. The energy used driving a normal water pump is about the same as driving the alternator to run an electric water pump. Unless you have a particular reason to use one I wouldn't bother. Just use a good quality mechanical pump.

Woz

Im looking at using one but more for the reason of even temperature drop once i switch off.

After a track session the engine actually heats up sitting in the paddock and often is hotter when i go to start it again than when i turned it off. The electric pump will allow me to keep water circulating for a few minutes after turning off.

I have my thermo fans running to constant power also but they dont do a lot once the water stops moving.

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Originally posted by Wozzah

My personal opinion, waste of time and money. The energy used driving a normal water pump is about the same as driving the alternator to run an electric water pump. Unless you have a particular reason to use one I wouldn't bother. Just use a good quality mechanical pump.

Woz

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Agreed

Don't bother more hassle than anything else and as far as cycling water through on switch off don't bother spend the money on a decent radiator and it wont overheat or get too much soak as my car never even ran a fan! and it didn't overheat

Danny

So could you drive it from Gold Coast to North Brizbane on Boxing Day traffic and it won't overheat??

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Originally posted by danny m

Don't bother more hassle than anything else and as far as cycling water through on switch off don't bother spend the money on a decent radiator and it wont overheat or get too much soak as my car never even ran a fan! and it didn't overheat

Danny

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na u just sit in traffic till it gets to 99.8 degrees, then roll down a steady hill or get on the highway before it boils! [88]

and as far as the electric pump, i would be scared to use one just because think of the saying, more things to go wrong, more things WILL go wrong..

seems easy for a wire to melt, wire to crack, or even get chewed by a mouse than for a drive belt to snap...

or what about when the little motor dies?

same reason why ford always used mechanical fuel pumps.

if its mechanical, it wont fail you.

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Originally posted by danny m

Don't bother more hassle than anything else and as far as cycling water through on switch off don't bother spend the money on a decent radiator and it wont overheat or get too much soak as my car never even ran a fan! and it didn't overheat

Danny

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wiat your not talking about your track car are you? n/a cossie 2dr i think? just got written off from a roo trailor accident?

We use one on the speedway car (super sedan) it makes 550hp, and has only a belt to drive the power steering nothing else. we are chasing every last HP as the class we are in is pretty regulated engine wise. never had a problem with it.

Never had a prob....only electric fan (manually operated) smaller bottom pulley to stop w/pump cavitating and also had standard w/pump rebuilt with M3 impellor (much more effectice than the Ford crap)