Electric water pumps and open track events

[dieselgeek]

Re: Electric water pumps and open track events

What about a Rock Valley Antique custom stainless tank with internal baffling and run a TBI low pressure pump?

He has to run high pressure, he's running multipoint EFI.

[shaun callaway]

Re: Electric water pumps and open track events

What does the temp do at the strip? I would think the water flow would be enough if the Rad. is cooling the water down. The radiator sets the max temp of a motor the thermostat sets the min. My motor uses a Winston cup water pump that slows the water flow down at high rpm so it has a chance to cool at high rpm.

Ever done an open track day? Think 1/4 mile passes back to back with no cooldown time.


At bonneville, our studebaker's electric water pump couldn't cut it but switching to a belt driven pump made a huge difference. WHo knows if that was similar to Bill's issue or not.


The rest of my open track day experience is on cars that already had a belt driven pump. One thing about a track day, you'll find out QUICKLY what parts of the car can't stand up to abuse. Brakes, suspension, oil sump/pickup issues with high cornering loads, tires, etc.

Places like Willow Springs Big course are fast so you get plenty of air through the radiator, but places like Streets of Willow or Ontario, which are tight and not too fast, will test the cooling system a lot more.

Here's a video of the kind of thrashing your car goes through:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zxGMfJylGQQ

The guy driving is Vincent Wong. He's a VERY good driver, in his little gutted Prelude that puts a whopping 160hp to the wheels, he's run as fast as 1:34 at Willow Springs large course. To put that into context, the "baddest" open track vettes in attendance were cutting 1:50's.

-scott

this video never gets old

im not a honda lover but this car is cool.

scott do you still have the footage from when i was riding along with VW, post it up if you do.