This is probably not new to a lot of folks on this list, but a buddy of
mine had a Datsun 510 street/autocrosser that he had fitted with an
electric WATER pump. This was many years ago, so I don't remember the
details, but the benefit was that no matter the engine rpm's, the water
pump always turned the same rpm.
At least I THINK that was a benefit! And I think it was supposed to reduce
some of the parasitic power loss of driving the impeller off the crank,
just as electric fans do.
Comments?
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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