[DeTomaso] Water pumps

[Jack Donahue]

Any leads on electric water pump manufacturers? Tried and proven for 351C's?
On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:59 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 4/12/13 20 36 17, demongusta at me.com writes:
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>> 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?
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> >>>Flow-Kooler makes the Flow-Kooler water pump. :>)
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> http://www.flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/
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> 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.
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> 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. :<(
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> http://www.flowkoolerwaterpumps.com/store/Thermostats/c22/index.html
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> The Cleveland part numbers were 333-180 and 333-192.
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> 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.
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> Both the old one and new one appear to work exactly the same--perfectly.
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> Mike