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Don
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4/05/2001
22:31:05

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What is this that I hear about using an electric motor to run your water pump and runing it backwards. Cooling your heads first then your block. I understand it will drop your temp 15%. Fact or Fiction?



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4/05/2001
23:09:59

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I seriously am doubting that one. If you think about the fin design on the impeller there is no way it is going to efficiently flow backwards. Along the same lines a boat prop will go backwards but not for speed.

Guns cause crime like flies cause garbage!
92 4x4 5.2L Auto 3"FM

Bernd
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4/06/2001
08:45:38

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If you look at some of the GM's, they're running a reverse flow system. If does work very well.

BUT, unless the electric pump is built for street use (not the ones in the Summit/Jegs catalogs) don't use them. (You'd also have to redesign the T'Stat location - figure some way to reverse it.)

If you want a little bit extra cooling and flow from the cooling system, invest in a 180 T'Stat and a Flowkooler water pump for the SB Mopar. (They have a part for the Magnum engines.)

Bernd D. Ratsch
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Wayne
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4/06/2001
23:25:35

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I had a '94 LT1 with the reverse cooling. I don't think you want to make all the changes necessary to make it work on your truck. To get full benefit you need aluminum heads amoung other things. I bought '98 with the LS1. It is not reverse cooled. I guess GM thought it was too much trouble for the gains.

Wayne Van Metre
'99 CC SLT 5.2/auto/3.90 anti spin

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