[DeTomaso] Electric Water Pumps, The 21st Century of Water Circulation

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Just don't use headlights and heater blower at the same time! LOL!

-Janne

4/13/2013 7:34 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com kirjoitti:
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> In a message dated 4/13/13 6 50 36, guson at home.se writes:
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>> That alternator works for a race car at best. For street driving the
>> output is too low for general use.
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>
> Janne is the original Finnish redneck, the type of guy you can't say 
> "can't" to!  This morning he was telling me about his '69 Mustang 
> fastback, which has a 408 stroker Windsor running 12:1 compression.  I 
> asked him where he got his race gas, and he said,
>
>
> *I usually want to try all kinds of controversial things and this is 
> one. I use the single grooves in the combustion chamber. One in the 
> chamber and one in the piston. No issues with detonation on 98 RON 
> pump gas which is close to your 93 with different octane rating 
> system. Haven't  tried lower octane. The cam is mech roller 248/254 
> @.050 with 110 LSA. People in the know say it should detonate (the cam 
> is not that big either to help much), but I have had no issues. And 
> believe me, I have beaten the hell out of it. With the hi compression, 
> with that cam and super victor it pulls nicely from 1600rpm up when 
> cruising in big gear. The comp proabably helps a lot the low end. I 
> intend to put in a cam with 265/275 @.050 and 106 LSA and see if I can 
> still drive it on street. :-)
>  However, it wants to run on like you would expect, but I put a 
> throttle solenoid to my carb, which lets the butterflys close fully 
> when you turn off ignition. That cured the run on behaviour.*
>
> *Some guys say you cant run dominator on small block on the street, 
> but I have had no issue. I've calibrated it with wideband, which was 
> some work, but it works. The only issue is that with ultra hp 
> dominator I have, you have to plug the scoop in rain, because water 
> wants to float on the flat top of the carb and cover air bleeds. Makes 
> the thing pig rich and wants to soon foul plugs if you don't take care 
> of it.
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> *So, I suspect he would not be put off by people saying his combined 
> water pump/alternator idea wouldn't work. He would MAKE it work! :>)
>
> Mike