Reply to "Water Pump Replacement"

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Like Garth I ran a Cleveland for 50,000 miles with a Weiand water pump that was not drilled for bypass. In addition to that, previous engine builder had completely blocked off the brass restrictor plate except for a small air bleed hole. I know this is not “correct” per common wisdom but it worked fine. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

My new 404 Cleveland stroker uses the Edelbrock pump, a proper brass bypass plate and the proper thermostat from Tim Meyers.

there are multiple solutions, I should probably say approaches, regarding the Pantera cooling system…….

for me, the bottom line is having a Pantera that can be parked without coolant boil over, gurgling or expansion tank discharge after becoming totally heat-soaked in heavy traffic with a true and correct coolant temperature of 230°F.

this does of course require an accurate coolant temperature gauge, but if your system works this well I wouldn’t put tinkering with it near the top of your upgrade list.

YMMV

Larry

10/15/211:47 PM

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