Whatup fellow camaro owners

I have a 1996 z28 5.7 and i'm about to replace the water pump.And i want your input on manual water pump verse electric water pump.

 

Go with a good quality stock unit if the car is mostly street driven. IMO an EWP is mostly designed to go 1/4 mile at a time....I had kicked the idea around myself at one point

 

Electric water pumps take a bit of load off the engine, which frees up some horsepower. That's good for a drag car, and if it fails on a dedicated drag car, it's not the end of the world. However, on a street-driven daily driver, water pump failure is 100% not okay. Mechanical pumps are much more reliable (and they're cheaper too!), and I'll trade a couple horsepower for that bit of insurance.

 

Ive been running an ewp on my car or 7 years now...its been dd'd...long road tripped...and (knock on wood) still kickin.


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
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