[DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps

Bill Moore Bill at incendium.com
Sun Jan 15 22:29:18 EST 2012


I agree, what's the upside to an electrical W/P, if it provides the required coolant flow ? 


Regards:
Bill Moore
Incendium Supply Ltd
Suite 416, 305-4625 Varsity Dr NW
Calgary, Alberta
T3A 0Z9

403 202 0055

-----Original Message-----
From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:26:25 
To: <michael at michaelshortt.com>
Reply-To: michael at michaelshortt.com
Cc: Ken Green<kenn_green at yahoo.com>; detomaso at realbig.com<detomaso at realbig.com>; Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>; <Bill at incendium.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps

I personally wouldn't use one, I've had far more electrical malfunctions
(battery, alternator, etc) than I have had waterpump failures or belts
breaking.

Michael
On Jan 15, 2012 10:23 PM, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <
michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right you are, I stand corrected.
>
> MICHAEL
> On Jan 15, 2012 10:21 PM, "Bill Moore" <Bill at incendium.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael, Ken did say Parallel not series. However the size of coolant
>> lines, diameter and length also enter into the equation.
>>
>>
>> Regards:
>> Bill Moore
>> Incendium Supply Ltd
>> Suite 416, 305-4625 Varsity Dr NW
>> Calgary, Alberta
>> T3A 0Z9
>>
>> 403 202 0055
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:   "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
>> Sender: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>> Date:   Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:14:15
>> To: Ken Green<kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: michael at michaelshortt.com
>> Cc: Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>; detomaso at realbig.com<
>> detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps
>>
>> I am not an engineer nor do I have any training in fluid dynamics, but I
>> don't see how running two in a series will move any additional coolant,
>> maybe in parallel.  Somebody educate me
>>
>> MICHAEL
>> On Jan 15, 2012 10:10 PM, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Asa,
>> >
>> >     I have  Meziere WP311B which is rated at 55 GPM with no load.  I
>> don't
>> > think they make a Cleveland specific pump, but they make a back plate PN
>> > WP123B.  The original recirculation passage is covered, so you need to
>> do
>> > something different for warm up.  Maybe a PWM controller (talk to Dave
>> > Londry about that).
>> >
>> >     The folks at Meziere told me that the pump actually pumps about 33
>> GPM
>> > in a car, and that's about what a really good mechanical pump does at
>> 3,500
>> > RPM.  So it's better than a good mechanical pump below 3,500, and pumps
>> > less above 3,500, so it's not the hot setup if you want to run an open
>> road
>> > race at 5,000 RPM, but you can run two remote pumps in parallel and move
>> > plenty of coolant.
>> >
>> >     They have a great reputation and should be very good for anything
>> less
>> > than sustained high RPM.
>> >
>> > Ken
>> >
>> > From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:29 PM
>> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps
>> >
>> > Anyone on this list installed a remote Meziere electric water pump with
>> > their Ford 351C?
>> > http://www.meziere.com
>> > If so, what parts, part numbers did you use and how did you go about it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Asa Jay
>> >
>> > --
>> > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> > &  Shelley Marie
>> > Spokane, WA
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