My Cooling Improvement Project (hopefully)
This will be a long post by the time I am done.
I have been trying to resolve a cooling problem with my 512 EFI "Home-Brewed" Dart GT convertible for some time now.
I started this project late last summer.
The project was put on hold while I recovered from Left Total Hip Replacement.
I am now about to finish up.
The following is what I have changed, added, made or upgraded to hopefully improve or resolve the cooling issues.
CHAPTER 1 - The Water pump
After reading the water pump test results in this thread Overheating issue resolved....interesting read !
I decide to change from the Edelbrock pump (Pump 2 in the test) to a MOPAR Performance 8 blade impeller pump with the addition of a cavitation plate.
I made a cavitation plate from sheet metal and welded it to the back side of the impellers.
Here are a few photos of the water pump before and after the addition of the cavitation plate.
This will be a long post by the time I am done.
I have been trying to resolve a cooling problem with my 512 EFI "Home-Brewed" Dart GT convertible for some time now.
I started this project late last summer.
The project was put on hold while I recovered from Left Total Hip Replacement.
I am now about to finish up.
The following is what I have changed, added, made or upgraded to hopefully improve or resolve the cooling issues.
CHAPTER 1 - The Water pump
After reading the water pump test results in this thread Overheating issue resolved....interesting read !
I decide to change from the Edelbrock pump (Pump 2 in the test) to a MOPAR Performance 8 blade impeller pump with the addition of a cavitation plate.
I made a cavitation plate from sheet metal and welded it to the back side of the impellers.
Here are a few photos of the water pump before and after the addition of the cavitation plate.