Electric Water Pumps

[TheTowingCowboy]

Anyone running one of these?

Here's JEG'S

http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/50935/10002/-1?CT=999

Ebay Offering

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-PRP-Cummins ... 57&vxp=mtr

Looks to be the same as the JEGS one. Just wondering is anyone is using one and how they like it. Just htinking it mught be a add on later on, on my engine.

[ahale2772]

isnt really worth the hassle IMO, unless you were running a pull truck with a weird belt setup, just seems like an added chance of failure, not that I dont like the idea of having the least amout of paricidic drag, but its probably not worth the effort

[TheTowingCowboy]

I cant see how it would work to well with out some odd belt layout like you said and it just seems gimicy. But I also like the idea of electric water on whatever I can do it to so yeah. Just seeing if anyone has used it.

[Tacoclaw]

Yeah, you're going to have to go with a weird belt setup if you bypass your water pump, let alone the fact that a new belt-driven water pump is like 1/3 the cost of that thing.

Also, you may have to keep an eye on just how much current draw your putting on your truck. I know my air to water pump, headlights, and 2 Taurus fans put quite a hurting on my charging system, especially when both of those fans were starting at the same time. It would still sit at it's normal spot, but just the slightest rpm drop would have that charge needle dropping like a stone.

Before all of that stuff there was quite a bit more of a cushion before the needle would start dropping. I don't know what amperage that thing pulls, but I would assume I'm not too far away from an alternator upgrade of some sort.

[TheTowingCowboy]

Yeah, you're going to have to go with a weird belt setup if you bypass your water pump, let alone the fact that a new belt-driven water pump is like 1/3 the cost of that thing.

Also, you may have to keep an eye on just how much current draw your putting on your truck. I know my air to water pump, headlights, and 2 Taurus fans put quite a hurting on my charging system, especially when both of those fans were starting at the same time. It would still sit at it's normal spot, but just the slightest rpm drop would have that charge needle dropping like a stone.

Before all of that stuff there was quite a bit more of a cushion before the needle would start dropping. I don't know what amperage that thing pulls, but I would assume I'm not too far away from an alternator upgrade of some sort.

The whole amperage thing has came to mind and I been thinking about seeing if I could put a second alternate where my A/C use to be. Lol plus I plan on runnign my batters in a tool box in the bed, and having 4 batteries instead of just 2 lol. Also plan on putting my Water/Meth reservoir back there and any other things i can so my engine bay isnt cluttered up.

[firstgenjunkie]

Why not just upgrade your alternator to 160 amp HO? Leece Neville makes one; I'll see if I can find the part # for it.

[Tacoclaw]

Would that be the write-up over on DTR? I'd say I could find one of those alternators laying around at work, but real estate over on that side of my engine is in pretty short supply.

Pretty cool setup for someone with the space though, no doubt.

[firstgenjunkie]

Thanks! I knew I'd seen it somewhere before, just had old age keeping me from remembering where. so are all the J180 spec alternators going to be big monsters like the one Jim Lane put in?

[ahale2772]

ive got one of those monsters, they use the same belt routing and belt length as my truck too, (non-ac)

[BC847]

Seems like I've read that the seals don't hold up as long as one might like in a daily-driver, but don't quote me. Do some homework.