[DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Forest and Dave,

What is the approximate cost of this in-line Stewart remote electric water pump? It certainly sounds attractive.

Curious, Chuck Engles

---- Forest Goodhart <forestg at att.net> wrote:
> I run the Stewart remote pump in the return line from the radiator to the engine
> mounted pump. I have it wired so it comes on at the same time as the fans, about
> 200 F, and it brings the temperature down to around 180 F and then shuts off. It
> doesn't run very often on the road but in very warm weather it does.I am happy
> with it in this configuration. I still have the block circulation for warm up
> and the engine driven pump does most of the work.
> By the way, Bud's pump is remote mounted rather than block mounted.
> Forest
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> From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Mon, January 16, 2012 11:16:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps
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> Bud Williams has a block-mounted Mezier on his 351-C road Pantera.
> Installation required him to cut the surrounding framework of the hatch cover
> for
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> clearance. I would have moved the engine, myself. He successfully made it to
> 'Vegas & back from LA one year with a near-stock engine, although he said
> 'things got warm on the road' a few times during the 250-or-so miles across the
> desert.
> But you were asking about remote mount pumps that mount on the radiator or
> in-line with the under-car pipes, no? I know of no one who's tried them-
> maybe drag racers. Seems like they would be better since you could also run a
> std engine-driven pump and use the electric at low engine speeds.
> FWIW- J Deryke
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