Is anyone currently running or at least aware of an upgraded replacement I/C pump? Maybe something to fit a Lightning/Cobra, something that will fit the stock bracket and have stockish hose locations, but flow better?
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iirc that isnt an upgrade, i believe they are the same pump... atleast that was mentioned once before. send a pm to 06blackg85ss, iirc he had an upgraded pump. what happened to urs?
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our ic pump is the same exact bosch pump "ford racing" uses on the lightning. when i replaced mine, it even came in a ford racing box, and i purchased a "ford lightning intercooler pump." i have pix if you want proof.
o shit thats bad... scratch off the ford label n take it to church
saturn charges almost $400 for the pump. for racing websites charge about $90. and when i removed the stock one and put it next to the new one, they were both the same bosch pump... fucking recockulouse.
saturn charges almost $400 for the pump. for racing websites charge about $90. and when i removed the stock one and put it next to the new one, they were both the same bosch pump... fucking recockulouse.
^but its similar in size, and similar in flow/head ratings.
I tried purchasing a 'upgraded' pump... but it was more for replacing your motor's water pump, than changing the intercooler pump.
IMO, after learning more, the Bosch pump is more than satisfactory. You dont want high pressure coolant pushing though the o-rings on the laminova coils. AND, the slower moving water picks up more heat from the intake, anyways.
If anything, you want to make your intercooler system more efficient...buy a larger dual pass heat exchanger and mount it in the front opening. Then dont run your stock H/E anymore. If you do it right, you can cut out about 3-4 feet of tubing in your cooling system, making it more efficient.
IIRC, The pump is rated at 10' head volume. That means that the pump can only pump water up vertically 10' before it cannot pump anymore due to back pressure. So, the OEM pump does not have the power to move the coolant through more than 10' worth of tubing efficiently... for those guys running Opt B, with a Ice box, and the stock H/E plus a Cobra H/E...
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the pump can only pump water up vertically 10' before it cannot pump anymore due to back pressure.
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So, the OEM pump does not have the power to move the coolant through more than 10' worth of tubing efficiently... for those guys running Opt B, with a Ice box, and the stock H/E plus a Cobra H/E...
Those are 2 completely different things.
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^no sh-t. If the amount of backpressure from all those extra goodies plumbed in, is equal to the same backpressure, then it technically would be the same. *puts on nerd hat and glasses*
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