Tech Help - Fuel Pump & water?

[corylang at dccnet.com (Cory Langford)]

I have run across more than a few people saying they used a shur-flow.
Guess I am going to have to find out what they have available :)

Thanks

Cory

At 07:10 PM 02/09/2004 -0500, Ryan H wrote:
>eh, that's a no-no.  It's not the inside walls as much as the internal
seals that break down from water (i dunno how that can be, but it is...).
For a water pump, Shur-Flo is the top name in the business.
>Coincidentally, I ran across this just yesterday:
http://water.lovehorsepower.com/
>BTW - water injection is a great thing for turbos... you'll notice a much
higher threshold before knock, and even at the same boost you may gain a
tiny bit of power.
>
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>> From: Cory Langford <corylang@dccnet.com>
>> Date: 2004/02/09 Mon PM 07:15:18 EST
>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Tech Help - Fuel Pump & water?
>> 
>> 
>> Okay,
>> 
>> I have decided it is time to add water injection to the '86 roc.  As always
>> I am looking to do it cheaper than buying it preasebmled :)
>> 
>> SO, I have sourced the jets, etc that I want.  I am now looking at pumps.
>> I figure a A1 fuel pump handles a fair amount of pressure. Would be great
>> and i have a few spares :)
>> 
>> BUT, does anyone know what they make the internals out of?  I am hoping
>> stainless, but for some reason I have a suspicion I am out of luck there.
>> What I need is to know how well the pump would handle pumping water instead
>> of fuel. 
>> 
>> I guess to keep it cheap I could put a filter on the end and when it starts
>> to spew rust I could replace it...
>> 
>> 
>> Cory Langford
>> '78 G60 MK1 - The Newest Project (and current Daily Driver)
>> '86 turbo project - The Next daily driver?
>> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage
>> '79 Cheap Ass turbo daily driver - RIP
>> 
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