V-8 conversions., Water pump problems. Options

[itsav8]

:toilet: Is anyone else out there with a Renegade kit having as much trouble as I am keeping their water pump from grenading? I have gone through 2 in 2000
miles- the impeller just folds over on its self. Thanks in advance for any input.

[Sammy]

Lots of Pantera guys also use a reverse cooling system where the flow is reversed and actually cools the heads before it goes into the block. I've never worked on one but it sounds interesting.
Oh, and don't just take the thermostat completely out unless you install some sort of flow restrictor like Dad said. No pressure differential is bad, coolant flowing too fast through the engine is bad too, doesn't have time to pick up any BTUs.

I had a restrictor that was nothing more than a thermostat with the center cut out I tinkered with for a while, i think the hole was too big, not sure. The engine ran cooler after I installed a 195 stat.