The case for EWP for example is performance.  PL insisted that an EDWP absorbs over 10 hp at 6000 rpm.  He is probably damned close.  He then made the unfortunate leap that therefore an EWP must absorb the same power.  Not true.  EWP conservatively absorbs 14V x 5 A = 70 W =~ 0.1 hp.  He was off by about two orders of magnitude or about 9.9 hp.  Don't know about you  but I can always use an extra 9.9 hp.

PL may have been considerably off; but at .1hp with the EWP you will be getting only a fraction of the flow of the belt driven pump; even if it were 100% efficient.  Keep in mind that converting power into electricity is about 85% efficient, as is converting electricity back into power. 0.85 x 0.85 = 0.72; so you have lost 28% of the power in the process.  Pumping coolant against even a small pressure head takes power.  Any ‘performance improvement’ you may see with EWP vs belt driven pump comes from lower flow rate.  

Al