[DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps

[Charles Engles]

Dear Asa,


         The Pantera Research Institute will press on with the original
plans for the super trick conventional Stewart water pump for the upcoming
Mark III engine.   Unless our shmoozmeisters in Washington DC are able to
shake loose some money in Federal grants and loans using the old standard
ploys: "some will be tempted with silver; some will be tempted with gold and
some with the pleasures that flesh doth surely hold", the booster in-line
electric pump research will, umm, run.....dry.   Sorry, but that is what the
CFO told me.  

         
         Hey, we got through last summer's Heat Storm OK with the
conventional systems (running five to ten degrees hotter than usual), and we
should be OK until the next round of price drops.


                      Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:04 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Meziere water pumps

Professor Engles,

The Pacific Inland Northwest division of the Pantera Research  
Institute currently prices either the Meziere or the Steward electric  
pumps at a bit over $400.

Feedback from various users indicates a positive experience with  
either unit.  Some run both the electric pump along with a mechanical,  
while others run the electric only.  Beside the idea of a flat  
firewall, I see no specific benefit to running -only- the electric.   
Therefore running both may be the preferred method.

I do agree a controller that could vary the voltage to the pump in  
order to regulate speed (rather than a pulse controller) would also  
benefit.

More research needed, more funding we need to apply for.

Sincerely,
Asa Jay
Lead Researcher, PIN PRI

Quoting 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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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