Looking at Craig Davies water pumps
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I am making a parts list now for my block accessories. Long block is complete, oil pump and pan installed. timing cover installed. I was looking at water pumps and casings until I saw some of the electric pumps out there.
I found a Craig Davies EWP115 (#8025) and it's only 2lbs, and it fits right inline with the lower radiator hose. It's capable of flowing 30gal/min constant and can be controlled by a thermo switch (can also be controlled by a fancier digital controller but it's very expensive and not necessary for me.) I have heard a lot of good reviews about the company and their products. It's light, its about $240 with free shipping, and that's not much more than a good mechanical pump and case.
With the weight savings and 1 less pulley for the motor to run, plus the fact it fits inline with the lower radiator hose and can flow at max even at idle, Im not seeing any reason to buy a mechanical pump.
Is there anything Im not taking into consideration here? I can fab my own water manifold to connect the ports at the front of the block, so that wont be a problem.
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Dont know about that 1 but a friend had a Mezeri pump and it wouldnt keep up for street use...
I am truckless..
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electric pumps are generally a race item where every ounce counts & reportedly have problems providing enough flow for the street. I would highly suggest a regular pump & get an 8 blade unit & tack weld an anticav plate between the pump and the vanes (cut the circular piece in half/slip both halves in/weld it). Use the smallest WP pulley you can find (with the proper depth for your app of course) to speed it up & run the largest crank pulley which is 7&1/4 I believe. this will give you the most pump/alt RPM which is better. Faster water speed is ALWAYS a good thing as long as the pump ain't cavitating & an anticav plated pump is good to at least 5K & very likely much higher (pump rpm) depending on the vane to pump housing clearances etc
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A remote water pump is a great solution for drag racing but I doubt I'd run one on the street. I've been using remote water pumps for years now on my cars since it solves a bunch of issues. I make the manifolds for the water lines for both big block and small block Mopar engines.
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I tried a drop in CV pump in my car for street driving and it worked very well in town or drag racing but as soon as I got on the high way cruising at 70 mph coolant temperature went to 220. Now while that isn't fatal for a big block it can lead to detonation which is fatal. I have since read Andy's books and put a more stock type cooling system on my car with factory pulleys and a 5 blade clutch fan and now I can drive anywhere all day and the plus side is it also works perfect on the dragway as well Gus
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First thing is what are you going to use this engine for. Street strip or both? If both which is the major use? It would also help if you gave some specs on the engine.
I think Im going to start a new post. Im a little lost with all the options out there for radiators and fans as well.
Its a 440 with forged internals. 10.2 to 1 compression. eddy rpm heads. XS282S camshaft. Street/strip mostly street. definitely gonna see hwy driving too.
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Just stay with all stock parts for an engine like that. Stock water pump, 26 inch radiator, shroud, clutch fan, etc. Run the highest drive ratio pulley set that you can find so you're spinning the water pump fast and you should be fine.
I agree, it's pretty hard to beat stock parts for cooling.
I put stock parts to the test pretty many times now out west in the desert during the summer when it get's to 110 degrees and my car idled for over a hour in stop and go traffic with the AC on.
It also cooled it to the top of Pikes Peak twice on a 95 degree day where there is no air with the AC on and stayed cool. At the bottom the rangers came door to door to every car to tell us to turn off AC so we wouldn't over heat going up this hot day. The old dodge walked right on up with the AC on because it was too dusty to leave the windows down and AC off.
Nothing better than stock when it comes to cooling, imo.
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Andy - I am starting from scratch, I have an empty engine bay and a long block. No radiator, no water pump/housing, no damper, no pulleys, no alternator. I do not have the stock stuff. And after pricing out stock pump and housing on ebay, about $40 each used, plus shipping.. it wasnt too much more to get the new mancini aluminum pump and housing. Im going to try them out. Ahy - In my price range I've only seen Champion and Spectra. The spectra is copper/brass 3 core. 25" core width http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sgt-cu332/overview/make/chryslerChampion has a few I can afford. 3 or 4 core aluminum. 26" core width. I think these must be used with electric fans though http://www.championradiators.com/dodge-charger-26-inch-big-block-radiator-1966-1973
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On the Spectra, what is the total core depth? If its 2" or more it should work. Also I believe the Champion radiator has been used with stock style mechanical fan/shroud by some folks. Hopefully some will post.
Core Thickness (in): 1.937 in
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When I started from scratch, I got the correct pulleys from bouchinlin performance . They really know there stuff and it all fit and worked the first try. Money well spent.
thanks for the tip. I'll add it to my book of vendors to check out.
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I have a 2 row Champion rad on my 65 dart & tho a 318 DD does not test it's cooling capabilities but there has been NO leaks & only had to redrill 1 hole on one of the side mounting flanges for it to be a drop in. dont remember if it has flanges to mount a shroud or not but I'm thinking no iirc cuz I had the metal shroud that came on the 65 dart 3 row OE rad in my hand at the time. On the cav plate I traced a round circle on the side of a junk clothes dryer slightly less in diameter than the OD of the vanes with a compass then cut it out with a saber saw & cut a hole in the center then had my welder weld it to the vanes in the center & on the tips of the 8 vanes. On a BB you'd have to cut it in half to fit the halves between the vanes & the pump then weld it. Makes a night & day difference in pump efficiency
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When I started from scratch, I got the correct pulleys from bouchinlin performance . They really know there stuff and it all fit and worked the first try. Money well spent.
Do you remember what the drive ratio was for your crank/water pump pulleys?
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