The best location for an electric water pump SBC V8 conversion, The best location for an electric water pump SBC V8 conversion |
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The best location for an electric water pump SBC V8 conversion, The best location for an electric water pump SBC V8 conversion |
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Apr 22 2017, 10:06 AM
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"Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens" Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 25-September 06 From: The Land Of ID! Member No.: 6,920 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Hey all,
Inching closer to going electric on my V8 conversion car. Right now; going through the process of cleaning out radiator and water passages/block with ThermoCure, then Prestone citric acid flush. Assuming I get a really clean system but not fix the run hot situation; I will go electric. Where is the best place to mount the electric pump? It would seem that the easiest way to go in my case is with this: http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Pro.../50930/10002/-1 It a 50 GPM unit that should bolt right up to the Renegade remote water pump housing already in place in my car on the lower left hand side of the engine... that is assuming there is enough clearance between the water pump and the firewall. Would this work? I have heard stories going back and forth about mounting the pump by the radiator or by the engine. |
BRAVE_HELIOS |
Apr 22 2017, 03:25 PM
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"Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens" Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 25-September 06 From: The Land Of ID! Member No.: 6,920 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
These custom fabricated cars... you sometimes just don't know how to apply standard processes.
Case in point; Along with the Prestone Radiator Flush and Cleaner liquid, I purchased their Flush and Fill Kit, complete with T's, clamps and Back Flow Preventor Coupler. Thing is, how do I install it on my car? Directions say to install T on inlet side of the heater (core) in order to allow back flushing. In my case, my coolant flows as such; I tapped into the inlet hose of the radiator to take coolant to the heater core then tapped into the radiator outlet hose to take the coolant away from the heater core and back to the water pump. Would I still follow the directions on the Fill and Flush kit to allow back flushing? It would seem to me if water from the garden hose was flowing back towards the engine via the radiator inlet hose, that when the engine was running withe the garden hose also running water, the pump flow/direction and garden hose flow/direction would work against each other. The instructions state to keep the pressure cap off and perhaps that is where the pressures and flows would cancel each other? Perhaps another approach would be... what is the best way to back flush the system in my car and with this setup? |
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