Nath
New Member
Hi Everyone,
I'm new so hello,
Just purchased a 1UZ-FE engine to strip down and build a magnesium roots blown and mechanically fuel injected drag race only engine to power my newly imported Reliant kitten fiberglass bodied, space frame drag car. (Yes it will be totally crazy) See build up pics here: http://nullobjective.idx.com.au
My first thought's were to get rid of the original water pump and run an engine plate flush across the front of the block, pluming the water chamber with a hose to an external electrical water pump. I'd like to know the flow of the water in the engine so I don't starve any chambers.
I'd like to run an engine plate on the front and back of the block as this will mount directly to the chassis increasing strength and distributing load.
As the engine is a full race engine there is little requirement for having a stable water system as the water system will just allow the engine to come up to temprature without worrying too much if it gets too hot.
Make sense?
Well I have yet to take off the water pump and was wondering if anyone has a photo of the block without the water pump? I'd like to see if my idea will work before I pull out the original pump as the engine is not totally stripped yet.
I have noticed from pics on this site that there are different styles of water pumps of different blocks.
It seems that my water pump mounts directly to the front of the block but in the picture at the link below it seems, on this engine, the water pump mounts over the top of the block as well as the front. It seems that if you were to remove this pump than the front brace(?) would be incomplete as it is formed by the block and the pump together. Am I right?
http://www.lextreme.com/csasp%20215.jpg
My other idea is to run a aftermarket distributer off the cam in the original distributer mounting bracket. I am not sure what distrubuter yet but I am guessing any type could be modified to fit. In searching the net I found a dizzy here: http://www.centuryperformance.com/detail.asp?product_id=MAL-3772101 which mounts to the crank of a Ford Flathead engine. Surly this could be modified to sit in an adapted lexus dizzy bracket? It actually looks pretty easy.
Any thoughts of the above will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Nath
Sydney Australia
I'm new so hello,
Just purchased a 1UZ-FE engine to strip down and build a magnesium roots blown and mechanically fuel injected drag race only engine to power my newly imported Reliant kitten fiberglass bodied, space frame drag car. (Yes it will be totally crazy) See build up pics here: http://nullobjective.idx.com.au
My first thought's were to get rid of the original water pump and run an engine plate flush across the front of the block, pluming the water chamber with a hose to an external electrical water pump. I'd like to know the flow of the water in the engine so I don't starve any chambers.
I'd like to run an engine plate on the front and back of the block as this will mount directly to the chassis increasing strength and distributing load.
As the engine is a full race engine there is little requirement for having a stable water system as the water system will just allow the engine to come up to temprature without worrying too much if it gets too hot.
Make sense?
Well I have yet to take off the water pump and was wondering if anyone has a photo of the block without the water pump? I'd like to see if my idea will work before I pull out the original pump as the engine is not totally stripped yet.
I have noticed from pics on this site that there are different styles of water pumps of different blocks.
It seems that my water pump mounts directly to the front of the block but in the picture at the link below it seems, on this engine, the water pump mounts over the top of the block as well as the front. It seems that if you were to remove this pump than the front brace(?) would be incomplete as it is formed by the block and the pump together. Am I right?
http://www.lextreme.com/csasp%20215.jpg
My other idea is to run a aftermarket distributer off the cam in the original distributer mounting bracket. I am not sure what distrubuter yet but I am guessing any type could be modified to fit. In searching the net I found a dizzy here: http://www.centuryperformance.com/detail.asp?product_id=MAL-3772101 which mounts to the crank of a Ford Flathead engine. Surly this could be modified to sit in an adapted lexus dizzy bracket? It actually looks pretty easy.
Any thoughts of the above will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Nath
Sydney Australia