GEBA pump with metal impeller

[sam c.]

Originally Posted by Homeboy981

@Heiko, that takes guts! Good luck on that new GEBA bearing on the WP, they have undoubtedly tested it BEFORE it came to market….hope it holds up better than my recent 'bearing experience'. But hey, thanks to that incident, I NOW KNOW of another, longer-life IMS Bearing AND IT COSTS LESS. PM for details. No special oil lines, just a really good FULLY CERAMIC industrial-tested bearing from a reputable dealer.

"And that's Just the facts"

Still going on about that bearing... jeez, change the record dude!

I'm just kidding of course. Sorry for your experience - it totally sucked.

[Homeboy981]

Originally Posted by sam c.

Still going on about that bearing... jeez, change the record dude!

I'm just kidding of course. Sorry for your experience - it totally sucked.

Samc,

Go with the flow…we were eventually going to get around to it.

is this what you meant:

"Delivers 35 gallons per hour free flow rate at 4 to 7 psi"

Now, if you will excuse me I have an IMS bearing to go remove.

[sam c.]

Originally Posted by Homeboy981

"Delivers 35 gallons per hour free flow rate at 4 to 7 psi"

JEGS Performance Products 50950 JEGS Billet Remote Water Pump

Done!

[Heiko]

WOW if that spec on the electric is true the stock pump is 35gal/hr and the electric is rated at 3000Gal/hr (50Gal/min).... can that be right?

[sam c.]

Haha. Wow is right! I didnt even notice the units there... yeah, that changes things a bit. lol. I can tell you all the electric pumps for the big V8's are on average 25-35 gal/min.

I have to assume its gpm...

Anyway, thats way I wanted the GEBA rep's email. Get a verification of their designed flows so I could size the stand alone pump accordingly.

BTW, speaking of electric pumps, my new electric PS pump should be here on Thursday!

[shadrach74]

NFW that a 35gph would provide adequate cooling. Those are fuel pump type numbers, not water pump numbers.

[sam c.]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Thats an excellent "milling machine" to destroy your crankcase when the bearing fails. People think they are "out smarting" the water pump issues by using these metal impeller equipped pumps, then they learn the hardest lesson possible.

That's what I was thinking too. I went and looked at fuel pump flows just to verify that hunch... anyway, as for water pumps, I'm guessing the flow rates designed to cool an engine twice the size of ours putting out 2-3 times the power should be adequate to cool a little v6 despite being crammed into a little shoe box behind the seats with no appreciable airflow to speak of.

And I don't have to worry about it ever turning into a "milling machine" or confetti cannon!