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Aaron Spoon
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2/14/2004
11:30:21
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Has anyone installed one of these? Seems like a good way to free up some ponies.
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2/14/2004
11:40:37
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all it does is take the load from the belt driving the pump and move it to the belt driving the alternator, which in turn powers the electric pump. Think about it! The power to move the water through the block has to come from somewhere.
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Aaron Spoon
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2/15/2004
14:11:17
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How much water needs to be circulated on a quick 1/4 mile run? How much heat would build up if you shut it off after you stage?
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gen1dak
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2/15/2004
14:17:17
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Sorta like an electric fan, huh? Power has to come from somewhere.
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ticats
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2/16/2004
19:20:14
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At low 40F at the end of the last race season, I ran 14.1x and 13.9x with no belt. I would wait at the top of a staging line with motor off until my coolant temp. was between 145 -150F. I would drive around the pit, back up to water's edge, do a short burnout and stage. At the end of the quarter, I would pull off by the timeslip booth and put in the belt. At this stop coolant temp. was reading about 185F.
I've seen a 98 R/T run with no belt at Cecil in MA in low 60F temps. At Cecil you can roll down a small hill to the staging lane without firing up your motor.
With an electric pump you could probably cut close to 2/10s off your ET.
ticats, ontario, canada.
97 Dak CC Sport, 5.2L, 44RE, 4.56 SG, 3000 stall, race weight 4,120 lb, pb 13.98 @ 99.85.
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Kowalski
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2/17/2004
17:49:20
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Didn't know we had any tracks in MA - where is Cecil ?
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ticats
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2/17/2004
20:18:02
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Cecil is in or on outskirts of Rising Sun, MD. My bad, being a Canuk, I'm not up on the abbreviations :-(
ticats
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