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I see in the group radiator puchase thread that you also added a CSI electric water pump.
I've been toying with that same idea for my 72. Are you planning on everyday driving? I had tried to get some longevity info from CSI but they were non-cimmittal.
I want to feel reasonably secure as I truck along on my cross country drives. :auto: :cheers: :cheers:
I've been toying with that same idea for my 72. Are you planning on everyday driving? I had tried to get some longevity info from CSI but they were non-cimmittal.
I want to feel reasonably secure as I truck along on my cross country drives. :auto: :cheers: :cheers:
Racer
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Re: Paging 71Ultra (biltogo)
Hello,
No, I do not plan on driving the beautiful car everyday. I would love to drive it everyday, but I would need to own a gas station.
ANywho, I believe if you go to CSI's website, they rate the pump motor at around 5500 hours of continuous use. From the brief research that I did, this rating is much higher than some the others out on the market.
http://www.csiperformance.com/waterpumps.html
So based off of the rating, even if I drove my car everyday for 4 hours, I would get a good 4 years out of it. Some might say it is not worth the expense ($300) but it pumps 30 to 37 GMP. This coupled with the DeWitt aluminum radiator with dual fans keep this machine nice and cool while also increasing h.p. Besides it being very effective, it looks cool. I will try and take some pictures and post.
Also, I just got my car back from the shop this past Friday and I am breaking it in i.e. new everything - engine, carb, clutch, radiator, water pump, exhaust, etc, etc.. So I am still monitoring the situation, but so far so great!
Let me know if I can answer anything else.
Kipp
No, I do not plan on driving the beautiful car everyday. I would love to drive it everyday, but I would need to own a gas station.
ANywho, I believe if you go to CSI's website, they rate the pump motor at around 5500 hours of continuous use. From the brief research that I did, this rating is much higher than some the others out on the market.
http://www.csiperformance.com/waterpumps.html
So based off of the rating, even if I drove my car everyday for 4 hours, I would get a good 4 years out of it. Some might say it is not worth the expense ($300) but it pumps 30 to 37 GMP. This coupled with the DeWitt aluminum radiator with dual fans keep this machine nice and cool while also increasing h.p. Besides it being very effective, it looks cool. I will try and take some pictures and post.
Also, I just got my car back from the shop this past Friday and I am breaking it in i.e. new everything - engine, carb, clutch, radiator, water pump, exhaust, etc, etc.. So I am still monitoring the situation, but so far so great!
Let me know if I can answer anything else.
Kipp
