Water pump....questions

[fish26133@yahoo.com (frank)]

Yes you will still have the friction of it spinning
but it wont be under a load (ever go to jumpstart
someone & hear the engine speed go down when you hook
up the cables)
FJ
--- Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If your alt was still spinning wouldn't that still
> cause friction and pull 
> from your HP anyways? I mean if you turn the
> alternator off all you are 
> doing is opening the external circuit, you wouldn't
> really be lessening the 
> friction from the alt because it would still be
> turning and makeing energy, 
> it just wouldn't be pushing it into the entire
> electrical system.
> 
> Disclaimer: this is an amature electrical student
> talking, I am not really 
> knowledgable on the pulley end of things but
> electrical is a diff. story so 
> this is how *I* see it.
> 
> 
> 
> Peace Out,
> Rhett
> Rocco_crossing
> '83 Rocco (autocross ready, 20 days till season
> opener)
> '92 Olds Cutlass Ciera (DD)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: frank <fish26133@yahoo.com>
> >To: ATS - Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
> >CC: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Water pump....questions
> >Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:34:50 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Patrick, On a street driven car you would probley
> want
> >to use a underdrive pulley on the crank & mabey a
> >larger one on the water & powersteering pumps, A
> good
> >machine shop could turn these down out of
> >aluminum.(Ron should know more about that)
> >You could also install a switch that will cutout
> the
> >alternator while racing, just besure to switch it
> back
> >on for normal driving
> >Good Luck,FJ
> >--- ATS - Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
> >wrote:
> > > Working on my 2L project and thinking...could it
> be
> > > possible to not install
> > > the pulley driven Water pump and install a type
> of
> > > electrical water pump
> > > instead and gain some HP?
> > > I have been obviously reading too many racing
> > > catalogues, I am getting
> > > ideas, but no real clue what type would
> electrical
> > > driven (yeah I can hear
> > > the gremlins already getting ready to attack
> this
> > > thing) water pump ?
> > >
> > > any one have any ideas on this?
> > >
> > > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> > >
> > >
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> >        87 16V Scirocco
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