----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Brennan" <stubrennan@comcast.net>
To: <Tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 4:50 PM
Subject: Water pump
> My water pump started dribbling on the way over to the show at Tango
> today. It was fine when Ieft, but the tell tale path of moisture was
> sprayed on the hood and sides of the engine compartment when I got
> there. I put the last pump in, less than 10K miles ago, but that was a
> few years back.. OK, it was 1978.
>
>
>
> Anyway, my plan is to get a pump from Rick at SS, which should have the
> proper hub modification and the proper cast curvy impeller, not the
> cheap impeller some rebuilders use. Can someone confirm that this is
> the case?
>
I bought a water pump from Edelbrock.
I had to press the hub on further to get it to line up with the old on.
Then I made a 1inch OD 5/8 ID spacer. I slipped that over the shaft and
installed my pulleys and fan.
That pump works a treat. It nuked the overheating problems I was having.
One look at the impeller tells you that it is designed to move a whole lot
more water than a stocker.
Erich
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