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Old 11-13-2016, 04:10 PM
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Default Anyone using an electric water pump?

On warm and hot days (85 deg F and above) I see water temps of 195 to 210 deg F, using a slightly larger (M3) than stock radiator and a belt driven Edelbrock water pump, even with my BMF Spal electric fan on. So, I was wondering if an electric pump, with a more constant flow, would be helpful. I'm using about 30% anti-freeze, 1 bottle of Water Wetter, and the rest is distilled water. 99.9% driven on the street in sunny SoCal. Lots of stop and go.

Brand, flow rate, etc recommendations appreciated.

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Old 11-13-2016, 04:15 PM
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195 to 210 are good running temperatures why do you want cooler? Your motor needs to run in that area for proper operation and oil temps.
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Old 11-13-2016, 04:51 PM
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I would think you need a more efficient radiator.

Faster coolant flow is not going to help.

I don't like anything over 195F either.

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Does your radiator have a full shroud and an efficient puller fan?
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Old 11-13-2016, 05:17 PM
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Thanks for the replies. The radiator is already larger than the standard radiator, which is supposed to be more than adequate for a 351W. The radiator is fully shrouded and has a Big Mother F______ Spal fan.

A mechanical pump is dependent on rpm for coolant flow. So, low RPM operation would mean lower water flow than at cruise. Thus, more flow at low RPM, as when driving around town, would seem to be beneficial.
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what is the CFM rating of your fan?

Coach installed a 2700 CFM fan and dropped the temperature a lot.
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Thanks for the replies. The radiator is already larger than the standard radiator, which is supposed to be more than adequate for a 351W. The radiator is fully shrouded and has a Big Mother F______ Spal fan.

A mechanical pump is dependent on rpm for coolant flow. So, low RPM operation would mean lower water flow than at cruise. Thus, more flow at low RPM, as when driving around town, would seem to be beneficial.
If I was having a problem with low speed cooling I would add a Stewart Components electric booster pump and keep the mechanical pump.

https://www.stewartcomponents.com/in...&product_id=69
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by chance do you have a under drive pulley?
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Old 11-13-2016, 08:03 PM
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Good stuff guys.

I don't believe my pulley is underdrive but I'm not sure how to determine that.

The Spal fan is supposed to pull 2470 CFM.

The Stewart Components pump looks interesting...

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Bill,

Your idea about the electric pump and more flow at lower speeds is pretty close to the mark.

I went to a Meziere electric and had some folks in Texas at Hollister Road Co. Make up a pump and fan management gizmo. They call it a Pulse Width Modulated Fan and Water Pump Control Unit <=clickable.

You can read the whole smash on their site but this is the gist of how it works. When you start the car only the water pump comes on at less than full blast. It's job is to circulate the coolant so no hot spots develop on warm up. As engine temperature comes up the fan(s) come on and both the fan(s) and water pump seamlessly vary their speed up and down under the control of the gizmo to maintain a target engine temperature you set.

At highway speeds if the fans are not needed they are turned down or shut off. When you park the car the fan and water pump run on for a minute or so to help the engine during cool down. The system uses no t-stat at all. Instead there is a temp sensor in the return hose to the radiator that the gizmo uses to measure engine coolant temperature and decide what the fan and water pump should be doing. It is a very nice closed loop system that works extraordinarily well.


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I was told by my radiator guy that if the flow is to fast , then the coolant doesn't get a change to cool down, because it goes through the radiator to fast. So the thermostat serves as a restricter as well as regulating the temp.
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I was told by my radiator guy that if the flow is to fast , then the coolant doesn't get a change to cool down, because it goes through the radiator to fast. So the thermostat serves as a restricter as well as regulating the temp.
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Yet no one ever recommends slowing down airflow through the radiator to give the air more time to absorb the heat... hmmm, strange.
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I tried an electric pump on my blown small block in my hot rod. I was never able to get the flow rate in order to cool the engine correctly. After trying all combinations of restrictors I gave up. Installed a aluminum stock pump and solved my problem Seems as electric
pumps are good for 1/4 mile drag cars.
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Not many top fuel drag cars even use a cooling system. I've always been amazed by this. I guess the run is so short it wouldn't have time to overheat?
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Keep in mind when an electric pump fails, it's usually sudden and without warning. A belt driven pump will usually start to leak so you know to replace it.
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I was told by my radiator guy that if the flow is to fast , then the coolant doesn't get a change to cool down, because it goes through the radiator to fast. So the thermostat serves as a restricter as well as regulating the temp.
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This is true. For anything other than drag racing or autocross, never remove the thermostat and leave an open port.

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Yet no one ever recommends slowing down airflow through the radiator to give the air more time to absorb the heat... hmmm, strange.
You restrict water flow, not air flow.
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I guess if you ran some boiling water over a piece of cold steel quickly it will still be hot, but if you ran it very slowly, it will get a chance to cool down. But if you cool down the steel with fast air it will just simple keep the steel cooler.

So how many drag cars don't use radiators? Top fuel rail don't seem to have a radiator?
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A lot of drag cars use blocks with no water jackets. So no radiator. No water jackets mean stronger block. When you see a car towed to the staging lanes and then towed back to the pits, it usually doesn't have a radiator or one that looks like a trans cooler.
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I was told by my radiator guy that if the flow is to fast , then the coolant doesn't get a change to cool down, because it goes through the radiator to fast. So the thermostat serves as a restricter as well as regulating the temp.
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This is correct from a physical point of view, also true for water (heat transfer rate)! If the flow is too high, the heat transfer rate will decrease, also the efficiency will do so.
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Jaydee was talking about water flow and restricting it's flow, not air flow. We used a washer with a certain size hole instead of a thermostat in our race car to restrict the water flow.
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