I was looking at these aftermarket electric water pumps and it got me thinking about the old astron. ( :badgrin: bad idea)

The astronII has a 'stupid' water pump setup; run off the camshaft not the crank (not to mention they're un-reliable).

I was thinking of installing an electric water pump; then removing the 'turbine' (if you will) from inside the factory pump and removing the pulley and belt from the cam.

Would this give a few extra kw? its putting less strain on the cam and not to mention better cooling efficiency.

Would give almost no difference in power, added to this I have worked on hundreds of magna's and have rarely had water pump problems on the 2.6

So does this mean that lightened cam gears also do nothing? Its along the same lines as this mod right?

When you say almost no difference... what do you mean by 'almost'? Like 1-2kw even?


I'm still determined to give this a shot one day; no for the power but for the cooling.