Water pump....questions

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Drive a generator from a belt, then drive a water pump from that?
Nope. The losses from friction etc would reduce the effectiveness, double 
the weight and not gain any HP as I can see.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Jason Adams" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>
>To: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>,"_Scirocco Mailing List" 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Water pump....questions
>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:24:49 -0800
>
>Hmmmmm Water + Electricity..........  shocking!
>
>I don't see why it wouldn't work, but how much hp would you really gain???
>Those things spin with little resistance.
>
>Jason Adams
>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
>84 rocco 16v
>93 320i
>98 Z71
>
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>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:39 AM
>Subject: Water pump....questions
>
>
> > Working on my 2L project and thinking...could it be possible to not
>install
> > the pulley driven Water pump and install a type of electrical water pump
> > instead and gain some HP?
> > I have been obviously reading too many racing catalogues, I am getting
> > ideas, but no real clue what type would electrical driven (yeah I can 
>hear
> > the gremlins already getting ready to attack this thing) water pump ?
> >
> > any one have any ideas on this?
> >
> > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> >
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