As a final decision for my stroker build up I was looking into an electric WP. Based on your experience, gains, or troubles is it worth it to convert over the factor setup? Anyone with any documented gains....I think www.ws6.com got 8 rwhp or so.

For my application Ill drive the car around 100-150 miles a week for 6 months or so of the year....

What do you guys think?

 

I think if u have everything apart, u mind as well do it if u ever felt or think u will want to some time in the future...

it is about 8hp, so if u think its worth it..i'd get it

if i were you , i'd probably get it.

good luck

u decide which brand u were gonna go with?

 

No way, IMHO.

Rich Krause

 

I'm with Rich, no way. My luck I would far from home when it failed. OEM is a 100,000 mile part.

 

why not?
just wondering...maybe u can save me a few bucks as well

 

I agree also, I have heard too many horror stories of wiring problems, along with premature failure... all that for 8 hp? I can do without, and use the money for other things...but its up 2 you

 

Yea, buy my ASC with core from me...

 

 

for starters, my CIS is working great. but the only problem with electric pumps is they either work or the dont and when they dont you are in trouble. one up side to them is that if mine does bite the dust...putting on a new one might take me 20 min tops.

there are no wiring issues that arent apparent right away so i wouldnt worry about that.

now you can also run a cloyes true double roller timing set which is nice...something i will be doing for sure!

 

I've had one and I won't buy one again, that's all I gotta say.

 

If you are merely in search of horsepower and the concerns already brought up don't bother you, then do it.

It does free up a few hp, but at the cost of adding complexity and more failure points simply because it is electric. For a daily service vehicle my vote is for the stock pump.

 

and u were trying to sell me yours

 

Keep this in mind in terms of the hp gain, in addition to the other concerns mentioned, that the hp is peak hp. Since the gain is proprotional to the square of the rpm, the gain at anything less than high rpm is negligible. Scceleration occurs over time, so it's the area under the torque curve that actually determines performance. And in this case, the peak is increased a lot more than lower down, so the area under the curve is minimally increased. The couple of hp gained will result in a negligible performance increase. After all, this isn't Pro Stock where races are decided by a couple of hundreths!

Rich Krause

 

Keep this in mind in terms of the hp gain, in addition to the other concerns mentioned, that the hp is peak hp. Since the gain is proprotional to the square of the rpm, the gain at anything less than high rpm is negligible. Scceleration occurs over time, so it's the area under the torque curve that actually determines performance. And in this case, the peak is increased a lot more than lower down, so the area under the curve is minimally increased. The couple of hp gained will result in a negligible performance increase. After all, this isn't Pro Stock where races are decided by a couple of hundreths!

Rich Krause

 

I run a CSI on my semi-daily driver and I've had no problems with it. What problems I did have were due to the bonehead who wired it up (me) .

Keep your coolant clean and don't rush when wiring. Do it with good quality wire, make tight clean connections, protect everything with convolulted tubing (I went with the black stock look) and you should be alright. Also - don't leave anything to chance; secure the wiring wherever possible. You do not want loose crap flailing around in the engine bay.

If you take a look at Ken Lowrance's site, you'll find a great install guide with a warning light to tell you if it pooped out. I used it several times .