Electric water pump and belts
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Electric water pump and belts
I've been thinking about Meziere'* electric water pump. Does the belt run on an idler pulley in the original position, or does it avoid the water pump all together?
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Originally Posted by willwren
Ok, how does it route on an L67? We have 2 belts.
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Originally Posted by willwren
Ok, how does it route on an L67? We have 2 belts.
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That'* going to be quite interesting on a Series 1, since the SC/AC/WP run off one belt. AC delete with a shorter belt is possible, but I'm not sure about bypassing the WP.
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What benefits come from converting the water pump to electric? I mean even if you're removing that much more work from the pulley system, aren't you just making your alterator work harder and losing whatever gain you get anyway?
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The electric pump shouldn't pull that much power. And the premise is a two fold I believe. First the pump runs at a constant speed regardless of engine rpm and you remove another pulley and power drain on the engine.