Location: Redbank Plains,near Ipswi...
Registered: May 2002
belt drive water pumps
Sun, 09 March 2003 21:04
i need to slow down the belt drive water pump on a 3S race engine. the 3S camry has 23teeth and 3S MR2 22 teeth on their respective pulleys. does anyone have any other pumps lying about they can measure up for me please??> thanks.
Perhaps you could machine your pump to remove the impeller (or just the blades), thereby using the standard wp pulley as an idler gear only, and install an electric pump elsewhere so you can regulate the speed of the electric pump to reduce water speed? I asume it's cavitating and the engine is overheating? Just a thought. I personally would have thought a 3SG pump would handle at least 8000 rpm all day without cavitation, but am yet to test that theory.
Either the above, or machine a larger pump pulley and smaller tensioner pulley to compensate?? (or find a longer belt)
Sun, 09 March 2003 21:04
