Hi all,
After having a very close look at a racing Sprint with a water hose connecting the back of the head with the back of the water pump i've got a concern that i've got my plumbing backwards.
The car i looked at was running a 6 vane impeller and the water flow was described to me as "water is pumped out through the big outlet of the pump cover, through the rad, into the head then sucked out through the back of the head to the back of the pump cover". FYI this car had no heater.
Now, i have an EWP and EPB fitted so I've had the opportunity to inadvertently change the water flow.
My flow goes like: the EWP is level with the bottom rad hose and pumps water up to the pump cover. The EPB pumps water from the back of the pump cover to the heater matrix then into the back of the head.
What i need to know is:
1. is water meant to go out from the big outlet of the pump cover or into it?
2. for those of you running EWPs how is it setup
Garth
EWP - water flow direction
Re: EWP - water flow direction
Water goes into it1. is water meant to go out from the big outlet of the pump cover or into it?
Re: EWP - water flow direction
2011 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works. S Daily Driver.
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SsuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
565Hrs @ 07/12/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.
Member TDC no 0471
Project 13B Sprint now back on..
No Pistons No Cams how’s it gonna Run Brap Brap?
Re: EWP - water flow direction
Thanks guys, i've re-read the documentation on the EWP and EBP and as it turns out i have installed according to those instructions.