[DeTomaso] Water pumps

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/12/13 10:29:50 PM, demongusta at me.com writes:

> Any pro - cons re: electric pumps? Hard to fit, hard to wire?
> 
Most do not pump enough water pressure or flow enough volume to cool a high 
horsepower engine, having been first developed for drag racing. They are 
also very expensive; fwiw I would use one (if given to me) only as a 
supplemental pump for high heat/low engine speed situations, which they seem to 
handle well. I know of one Pantera several years ago that made it from L.A to 
'Vegas (and back) with an electric pump as its only cooling source. It was a 
near-stock engine and saw engine temps in the mid-220F on the road. They're 
getting better but not quite ready yet to replace the mechanical pump . My 2¢- 
J Deryke