Those pipes look really good Mark!
OK, I've got the same one on my Corvette and I didn't know it was rated that high at that pressure. Do you have the slow-down box too? Aeromotive says it's ok to run them at full speed all the time but mine got really loud on a road trip through Kansas in 104 degree heat even with the slow down box. Thankfully mine still works but that was a scary couple days.
How old is that pump? Aeromotive changed the attachment method that holds the magnets to the outside of the bore in those things. They used to be glued and the alcohol in pump gas would wreck the adhesive and cause the magnets to come off. I noticed that mine made a weird thump when I turned it on or off so I took it apart one winter. One of the magnets had detached and was whacking the other one, that was the thump. I sent it back to them and they changed it over to the new system for $100. I guess the new guts flow more at higher pressures too. That's why they are rated at 700lb/hr at 45psi and 13.5 volts now. Something to think about if that pump is more than 5-6 yrs old.
Not to worry, it's all good. A boosted engine that makes 700hp at 7000rpm is making at least 525 ft-lb of torque so it's as much or more than I'm talking about and they didn't have the drop gear change to knock it down 20% going into the trans, The othe thing is with that kind of hp/torque and street tires the clutch drop happens at round 2500 rpm I think, thats all the tires would handle with my boosted engine and that was with me using 2nd gear Remember too that these graphs are just simulations.....I think the numbers I'm seeing at possible but they seem high. I've simulated quite a few engines now for others and the software gets close....but none of those engine were in any way optimal so I really don't know if the software is just jerking my chain here. The intake head flow tells me I can make about 760 hp give or take.....which is a long way from 875. The simple quick analysis in the sim software also says around 770- to 806 now with the recent changes so it's right in line with the simple quick calculation....and way low form the fancy calculation. I think I'm looking at 750-800 at 8500-9000 rpm. We'll see.
Now you have me all bummed out. I'll have to go through my pics or records and see when I got the pump.....but 6-7 year seems right. I don't have a controller btw, but I was considering one or letting the ecu control it.
The controller is a PWM device so the ecu won't do the same thing. You can still have the ecu turn the pump on.
Yes a remote driver would be required. The advantage of doing it in the ecu is the pump output can be matched to engine rpm easily.
Hmm. Interesting. Can you give me a link to one of those devices? I wouldn't mind doing something like that on my car.
I was just thinking a 20A or maybe 30A mosfet.....I don't think it would take anything more than that.
I have some interesting cars in my collection. I need a bunch of help getting my linkage to my Porsche transmission working... the thing is its attached to a Mazda rotary engine and sandwiched mid engine into a 69 Fiat 850 spider...see attached photo. the Fiat club of America had to push start me at Best of France because I cant get the starter to work right either... Someday... The car is fast. Just ask anyone at the show that heard it as it blew past them... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fluffy dice in Ferrari-red. Ok, just forget I started talking... Slinking back out of the thread, Andrew.
I was in the middle of new brakes when I stated the V12.....and they will need to be finished before the car will drive as I sold the original stuff.
I'm curious... will it have an engine cover, or will you leave it open for maximum cooling in the confined area? I guess you can't get much lighter than not having one at all. All the best, Andrew.
Headers mostly all welded. I have a little left inside at the flange on #4 but I'm almost out of Argon again so I decided to move on to collectors with what I have left. Image Unavailable, Please Login
