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Hershal Byrd · 01-15-05, 12:04 PM

I just thought I would chime in hear and let you guys know that there are those of us out here that have the mechanical systems that work. My water pump is the standard Ford issue for a 302. I'm going on three years now without any overheating issues. I live in the Desert too.
A properly designed cooling system will work. Other than the space fittment problem I see no reason to use an electric pump. Horsepower loss is minimum. Electric pumps are not cheap either.
Dave, I use a laser temp gun to check the variance from and to my radiator. There should be 7 to 10 degrees variance between the in and the out of the radiator. If it's less, then you have restriction problems or timing problems.
I really thought it would be interesting to see who uses electric over mechanical so I made a Poll.

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Hershal Byrd Hershal Byrd 10 tenths Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Phoenix GT40: RF Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 19	Re: Electric water pump otions, looking for opinions I just thought I would chime in hear and let you guys know that there are those of us out here that have the mechanical systems that work. My water pump is the standard Ford issue for a 302. I'm going on three years now without any overheating issues. I live in the Desert too. A properly designed cooling system will work. Other than the space fittment problem I see no reason to use an electric pump. Horsepower loss is minimum. Electric pumps are not cheap either. Dave, I use a laser temp gun to check the variance from and to my radiator. There should be 7 to 10 degrees variance between the in and the out of the radiator. If it's less, then you have restriction problems or timing problems. I really thought it would be interesting to see who uses electric over mechanical so I made a Poll. Hersh [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]