[DeTomaso] water pump recommendations

Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
Thu Nov 14 07:55:21 EST 2013


Got it.

You do the work yourself.  It is less expensive than hiring a professional.
It is educational and personally satisfying.
--
Will

From:  MDBell <davidabell at att.net>
Date:  Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:32 PM
To:  <shawkins777 at comcast.net>
Cc:  <detomaso at poca.com>
Subject:  Re: [DeTomaso] water pump recommendations

I¹ve gotten a little lost in which thread got hijacked.  Is it your
significant other or your water pump that didn¹t need any mods?
 
My position is that there¹s no such thing as Œno mods¹.  Personally, I¹ve
found that doing the work yourself is not only less expensive than hiring a
professional, but it is also highly educational and personally satisfying.
 
We are talking about water pumps, right?
 
Dave Bell
 

From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
shawkins777 at comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 7:49 PM
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] water pump recommendations
 


Mine didn't need any mods.

Steve


From: JDeRyke at aol.com
To: pantdino at aol.com, detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:21:51 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] water pump recommendations

If you're up to trying a couple of mods on your engine in your car,
virtually any waterpump will work. A few have said the curved-vane impellors
work better, but are more expensive. I tried both and saw zero difference in
our engine temperature. If you get a pump with a bypass cast in place, it
can be blocked by a removeable 3/4" freeze plug (0.15¢) in the brass washer.
Then as I said any thermostat will work.  As for price, shop around but know
that many cheap pumps come from backyard shops in China, sometimes without
gaskets and at least one with unthreaded pulley holes.

For me, the only critarion was aluminum or cast iron, in a name brand- and
the extra 8 lbs of wt for iron with no benefits made that choice easy as
well. My 20-yr-old modified engine uses a modified U.S-made Weiand
straight-vane aluminum pump (also 20 yrs old) with no bypass. Remember,
since all the pumps were designed for front-engine cars with different
bracketry & pulley sizes, you will likely have to block off or remove one of
the hose bibs on whatever pump you choose; it interferes with a Pantera's
stock alt adjustment, so technically, ALL will need some mods. Good luck- J
Deryke
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