so with my lift the plan is to go electric fans...so im thinking....they make electric drive water pump kits and full on electric water pumps...so why not switch over to that while im at it....what u guys think?
(yea i got tired of all the a/c related topics. thought i would shake things up )
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Smiliesafari wrote:I've wondered about that also. From what I've read they're not reliable enough to be run constantly.
I thought GM put them on some of the higher HP engines?
I was told getting my beauty sleep was a waste of time.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
What about all the other stuff you got to drive like power steering pump and AC?.Then your left to make a custom set-up and with all those brackets-uggggg.We use electric w/p's on the drag race cars,but that is not a d.d.There in drag cars the amount of savings of loss of hp is more important than it would be on a d.d.
You'd have even more amperage draw on an already taxed charging system. More draw= more drag on the alternator, I would think. On a drag car, they start the 1/4 mile with a fully charged battery. The battery will be running the pump/fuel pump etc.. for how long, mebbe 2-4 mintues. If that?
I think you're looking for a solution to a problem which doesn't exist, at least not for us street rodders and part-time draggers. Run electric fans if you've got a real hankering for 'em. Leave the pump as it is....
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
If Deano "concurs" (I'm impressed that a yank would even know that word ), then I must be wrong.
By all means, replace that pump with an electric version and disregard my previous post.
Thanking you in advance, I remain
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
GEJ wrote:....is not a d.d.There in drag cars the amount of savings of loss of hp is more important than it would be on a d.d.
btw:d.d.=daily driver
I wish that someone somewhere that was a forum programmer would allow "hovering" of the pointer over a place that would then popup a small window to define the item in longhand. No more having to do "d.d.=daily driver" thing or having to go the the definitions page.
I was told getting my beauty sleep was a waste of time.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
GEJ wrote:....is not a d.d.There in drag cars the amount of savings of loss of hp is more important than it would be on a d.d.
btw:d.d.=daily driver
I wish that someone somewhere that was a forum programmer would allow "hovering" of the pointer over a place that would then popup a small window to define the item in longhand. No more having to do "d.d.=daily driver" thing or having to go the the definitions page.
I was told getting my beauty sleep was a waste of time.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
Do we have an abbreviations page so that I can abbreviate my electric water pump installation?
I was told getting my beauty sleep was a waste of time.
1990 Astro (Z motor) mostly original @ 343,584 miles (552,944.8488960001 Canadian) (03/2008). Bad startup puff. Starting to spray for skeeters. Gone 06/07/08.
1993 Astro with a bad W motor. Parked next to a chicken coop in Talking Rock GA
I'm 'tween Canton and Holly Springs (North NorthWest of Atlanta GA)
I haul bottled water everyday- between 500 and 2500 pounds (226.796185 and 1,133.980925 Canadian) INSIDE the van.
ok well the pump was just a thought and yea i guess you are right...it would just put more draw on the alt. so i'll stay with a manual wp and petey electric fans are a must for my lift....im gonna do a 5in body lift...no way will that wp driven fan work.
and gary i know what a dd is i know alot of abb.
but if we dont have a page of them we should
--->2000 RWD 4.3L/4L60E ,3.43 gears.exhaust and throttle body mods....gone =(...
-->1998 kia sportage 3 inch lift 30 inch tiresunder repairs