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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 09:55 AM
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Question electric water pump

im going to replace the opti...and i heard about the electric water pump...ok...what do you do about 1 less pulley? and how does the elec. pump hook up? does it bolt on right on that cover where the wp housing is? and i heard csi was pretty good...does anyone know the part number from jegs?? all i see is the one from 93-95 i need 97??? help me out guys! thanx!
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 09:57 AM
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Re: electric water pump

Originally posted by Bobbys_97_Z28
im going to replace the opti...and i heard about the electric water pump...ok...what do you do about 1 less pulley? and how does the elec. pump hook up? does it bolt on right on that cover where the wp housing is? and i heard csi was pretty good...does anyone know the part number from jegs?? all i see is the one from 93-95 i need 97??? help me out guys! thanx!

The stock pump is cam drivin, not pulley.
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 10:02 AM
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oh yeah

dang wasnt even thinking about that ok...so how would you go about mounting an electric one and could someone steer me on the right direction? i mean what do i do about the gear that drives the old one???
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 10:19 AM
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The old water pump is pressed out and the new electric pump in pressed into the waterpump housing. I've heard nothing but good things about CSI pumps. The old gear is just left in place.
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 10:52 AM
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ok sweet...yeah i just seen a instruction thing on projecttransam...now what im wondering is...since i have oil on my opti...im gonna need to find that..someone said that its the wp drive seal? how do i attempt that??
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 11:58 AM
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mezier water pump

Here is a pic of my Mezier electric waterpump if this is any help. Damn thing works great.



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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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here you go

http://ken.lowrance.com/Projects/CSI...mp/Default.htm

i just put a csi pump in last week and love it. i picked up alittle over 1mph in the 1/4 mile (could be more but the weather was really hot and muggy).
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