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Old 07-03-09, 07:30 PM
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Re: Adding an Electric water Pump 95 Northstar

I remember the guru at one point saying something like, at 6000rpms the stock waterpump will fill two 55 gallon drums of water in one minute (probably not his exact words, correct me if I'm wrong).... That's pretty impressive if you ask me. I don't know what you're going to gain with an electric waterpump. They're normally just set to high speed for racing because it needs to be able to disperse the heat of WOT quickly.... But in a daily driver, I suppose you would only lower the normal engine temperature. Which would cause the car to constantly run rich. Which would cause spark plug fouling, burned valves, and fun stuff like that. This is pretty close to being equivalent of running the engine without a thermostat (except that in a northstar it's possible to actually overheat by running without the thermostat).

So... Why are you trying to do this? What is there to be gained?