[DeTomaso] Water pumps

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/12/13 20 36 17, demongusta at me.com writes:


> I'll take some. Do I send them to you as an attachment? Who makes the 
> "Flow-Cooler" water pump? Is it for a 351C, or Panetera, or does it matter?
> 

>>>Flow-Kooler makes the Flow-Kooler water pump. :>)

http://www.flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/

They have a really tinkertoy website; when you load a page, it appears to 
be just a black background, but then you scroll *way* down and find the 
content.

Flowkooler markets the fantastic Robertshaw thermostats too.   For awhile 
they were available for the 351C in 180 and 192-degree versions; the 180 
supply dried up a couple of years ago and they have been on perpetual backorder. 
  I just looked and now the 192-degree version is no longer listed either. 
:<(

http://www.flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/store/Thermostats/c22/index.html

The Cleveland part numbers were 333-180 and 333-192.

As to the earlier query, I've heard great things about these Flowkooler 
pumps, and another winner is Edelbrock.   I had a no-name pump with a 
custom-modified impeller from Dennis Quella on my engine, and although it worked fine 
for years, when I took it apart to rebuild it as a stroker I found that 
water had eaten away at the soft aluminum inside and it was on the verge of 
breaking through.   Actually, I only learned of that after the fact when the 
engine builder told me he had repaired it with bondo.   When the motor broke 
shortly after it was rebuilt, I took it upon myself to spring for a new 
Edelbrock water pump.

Both the old one and new one appear to work exactly the same--perfectly.

Mike