Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #1694
From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@mail.utexas.edu>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: coolant / thermostat
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 10:40:30 -0400
To: <flyrotary>
At 08:19 PM 5/20/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Al,
The stock 20B pump has the 2-thermostat water pump housing.  Also, the
water pump casting is longer than a 13B, repositioning the CL of the
shaft/pulley.  Enclosed is a picture of your engine showing a single
thermostat housing, so it looks to me like you are running a 13B housing

and pump.  What I don't know is if the 13B turbo uses a larger impeller
than the n/a 13B.  I have a n/a 13B pump and the impeller is .150"
smaller
than the 20B impeller.  I'll keep asking until I find out for sure.  It
looks like the 13b housings are the same.  That is based on measurements
I
took last night to see if the 20B impeller could be installed on the 13B
pump.

Just for the record, the reason I'm going through all this is that the
13B
housing is 2+ pounds lighter than the 20B housing, not sure about the
pump,
but I'm guessing it is about 1/2 lb lighter.

Mark;

Yes, I knew it was not a 20B housing, but thought it might be a 20B
pump.  I'll get a picture of it when I get a chance.

Al



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Al,
From looking at my 20B pump, I don't think yours is a 20B pump.  Enclosed is a picture of a 13B pump (left) compared to a 20B pump (right).  The 20B pump won't even come close to fitting in a 13B housing.  I was wondering though if your pump has an oversized impeller?  My '89 n/a 13B impeller is 2.590" dia., the 20B impeller is 2.760".  I don't know how much more gpm it would pump, but every bit helps.

Mark S.

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