[DeTomaso] Electric Water Pump redux

[Kirby Schrader]

I have a V belt for the A/C compressor with an idler pulley as a tightener.
Same as I have on the Pantera. In fact almost identical.

For the alternator V belt, it's a little different, but all I did was remove
the existing belt that ran the water pump and the alternator, buy a shorter
one that only went from the crank pulley to the alternator pulley and use
the existing tightener.

I initially tried the electric pump with an idler, but it stuck into the
cabin even more than the normal water pump. So I sold it and went with the
remote pump instead.

Picture of the GT40 initial install at the front of the engine attached for
you (the list will not see it).

Regards,
Kirby


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Kirby,
>
>     How are you running your belts?  I talked to Meziere and they said they
> have a pump with an idler but it's for flat (not V) belt.
>
> Ken
>
> --- On *Mon, 11/2/09, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Electric Water Pump redux
> To: "Pantera List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:01 AM
>
> After some discussion in the past regarding Ford Motorsports 'shorty'
> water pumps failing and my personal experience of the one that was
> originally on my car starting to leak way too soon, I did go with a
> Meziere remote electric pump in my GT40 as I said I planned to do.
> With the results I've got so far, I plan to do the same with my
> Pantera. If I ever get it back....
>
> Some folks asked for an update once I had it installed, so here is the
> update.
>
> Since installation, I've had no problem at all with the pump.
> It is quiet.
> It pumps 55gpm.
> I've not had any issue with the car overheating since it is always
> pumping 55gpm, even when idling.
> It costs more than a mechanical water pump.
> After doing some laps on the track, you can leave it on and cool down
> the engine without it even running.
> I run a 130amp alternator and I've not seen any detrimental effects
> from the pump taking 'too much power'.
> I no longer have a 'hump' in my engine cover. It is completely flat;
> nothing protruding into the cabin.
>
> Since installation, I've had the car on the dyno, I've done quite a
> bit of street driving, took it to Road America and got on the track.
> The cooling system is doing just fine.
>
> For what it's worth,
> Kirby
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