High Volume Water Pumps

[Pbum5]

Hey All,

Looking into getting an Aluminum High Volume water pump.

Flow Kooler and Milodon HV pumps are in the $80 range.

The Edelbrock Victor Jr is about $160.

Is the Edelbrock that much better to double the cost of the Flow Kooler and Milodon??

I like what Flow Kooler says about their pump flowing 30% more at idle and then leveling back off at higher RPM’s.

Anyone have any suggestions/recommendation?

 

[jasonn]

I have got the milodan. Looked kind of cheap but it seems to work great. I just took a carbide burr and ground all the sharp edges down to make it look better. Hey I see your from MN. Going to car craft?? I'll be there. See an orange 70 mach, stop by and say hi!

 

[12sec67]

i'm running the victor jr water pump.

i went from my roller 306 with a newer seprentine aluminum stock pump with a 160 thermo with a 3 core cross flow rad from a 90 mustang and the car ran at 170-175.

then swaped to a 347 with a victor jr water pump and same 160 thermo and same rad and the car runs between 150-160 at the very most .

usually brand new tight motors run a little hot at first till break in so i am really impressed with this water pump... i might even need to put in a 180 thermo

 

[iskwezm]

I have the brassworks,on my new 347 it was running hot,I think all they do is take stock pump and put a plate behind the impeller,i thinking of going electric maybe.

 

[SitDown]

I ran the edel alum water pump and saw zero difference between it and autozone/carquest cheapies. Ive since sold it and back to generics for a couple yrs now and see no difference. waste of $ in my opinion, put that $ towards a good radiator or fan

 

[66P51GT]

I ran the edel alum water pump and saw zero difference between it and autozone/carquest cheapies. Ive since sold it and back to generics for a couple yrs now and see no difference. waste of $ in my opinion, put that $ towards a good radiator or fan

I'd agree with you in terms of flow and on a relatively moderate build. If you see higher RPMs, or if your engine is in the 400HP range, and/or run the car hard in racing conditions, I'd consider the Victor pump simply for the materials used such as bearings and impeller.

$.02

 

[SitDown]

true, these were in the case of 300 & 350rw spinning to 6200

 

[yeloxr7]

I installed a Weiand aluminum water pump a few years ago. Along with other mods to the cooling system (24" radiator, 77 t-bird flex fan, proper installation of fan/spacer/shroud). I have no overheating problems. After reading SitDown's comment, I wonder if I spent extra money on the "Trick" pump without needing to......

 

[grego37]

im running a stewart components.
I think they claim flow 40% more than stock.
http://stewartcomponents.com

 

[D.Hearne]

Why not just go to your local parts house and get one over the counter? Many stock water pumps were ( and still are) available in both std. and high volume. Some even in high performance (low volume but high rpm capable). Look for one that's spec'd for a police, taxi, heavy duty, or extra cooling application. Those will be high volume pumps. If in doubt, compare several different versions of the same housing and pick the one with the largest impeller, that will be a high volume pump.

 

[Pbum5]

I have got the milodan. Looked kind of cheap but it seems to work great. I just took a carbide burr and ground all the sharp edges down to make it look better. Hey I see your from MN. Going to car craft?? I'll be there. See an orange 70 mach, stop by and say hi!

Yup, I'll be there on Saturday.. I'll look for your car..

 

[Pbum5]

Thanks for the responses.


I will look into all the options that have been mentioned..

A local parts store (Checker) sells a remanufactured aluminum for under $24

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?mfrcode=A1C&mfrpartnumber=58207&parttype=54&ptset=A

New the aluminums ones are about the same as the ones from Summit. $60-80 range.

 

[D.Hearne]

The setup I've got on my 331 in the Ranger was originally from an 88 Crown Vic. I looked thru the stuff at Autozone, and they listed all three types, high performance ( had to order this one) turned out to be a low volume-high rpm pump ( small impeller) Standard volume came in both iron and aluminum (depended on whether you specified early or late 88) and high volume ( iron housing only) which was spec'd for a Police or Taxi application. The std volume aluminum pump looked a lot like a rev. rotation pump, but when you compared them side by side, the reversed outlets to the block were apparent in that they were oriented opposite each other. Many other small block pumps have different applications like mine did as well, you just have to go down there and check them out. Sometimes you can save a lot of money by getting a rebuilt that performs as well as a high dollar aftermarket unit.

 

[10secgoal]

Yep, have a standard 88 mustang rev flow pump. Put the backing on it from summit which was like 5 or 6 bucks, and a summit rad. No over heating problems...until recently, but that's another story. Think it's a HG problem. It would stay at 160 in the 115 deg heat in 29 palms Ca.