Capt Jack's Wagon Cooling

GTOMayhem · 04-06-2019, 08:06 AM

In the video in the other thread, I noticed Jack seems to be running a mechanical fan and water pump, must be a reason. Anyone else running a mechanical fan and or water pump and why?

Rick Thomason
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MR DERBY CITY · 04-06-2019, 08:55 PM

The Captain and Bruce Fulper are busy signing autographs and fulfilling media requests so I will try to answer this. The last time I looked under the hood I saw an old style water pump with a cooling fan bolted to the front. A moroso motor with a belt drive turns the water pump. I know the guy that initially installed this setup in the early 1980’s.....

GTOMayhem · 04-07-2019, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

The last time I looked under the hood I saw an old style water pump with a cooling fan bolted to the front. A moroso motor with a belt drive turns the water pump. I know the guy that initially installed this setup in the early 1980’s.....

So, the Moroso motor is turning the water pump and, in turn, the fan?

Rick Thomason
GTOMayhem

MR DERBY CITY · 04-07-2019, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by GTOMayhem

So, the Moroso motor is turning the water pump and, in turn, the fan?

Rick Thomason
GTOMayhem

That would be a YES,,,,,,,

Mike Jones · 04-07-2019, 12:29 PM

Those motors were actually GM heater blower motors. Trick stuff for the 80`s and still work great today. I also use the same set up. It was there when I bought the car and I left it alone. Of course, there is better stuff today ( electric fans on the radiator), but I probably need to go more rounds for it to matter.
MJ

Ed Wright · 04-07-2019, 12:51 PM

That is how I did my old '56 Chevy, '65 Chevelle & '69 Camaro. Had a "cool down battery", with a four wire connector to the car, I unplugged the car, and plugged in the "cooldown battery" in the pits, or staging lanes too before Class or a tough heads up.
Same deal on this car, except with an electric water pump.

04-06-2019, 08:06 AM	#1
GTOMayhem Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 172 Likes: 669 Liked 22 Times in 14 Posts	Capt Jack's Wagon Cooling In the video in the other thread, I noticed Jack seems to be running a mechanical fan and water pump, must be a reason. Anyone else running a mechanical fan and or water pump and why? Rick Thomason GTOMayhem

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MR DERBY CITY VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Derby City, USA Posts: 3,362 Likes: 907 Liked 6,764 Times in 1,317 Posts	Re: Capt Jack's Wagon Cooling The Captain and Bruce Fulper are busy signing autographs and fulfilling media requests so I will try to answer this. The last time I looked under the hood I saw an old style water pump with a cooling fan bolted to the front. A moroso motor with a belt drive turns the water pump. I know the guy that initially installed this setup in the early 1980’s.....

04-07-2019, 12:29 PM	#5
Mike Jones VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,115 Likes: 1,173 Liked 660 Times in 283 Posts	Re: Capt Jack's Wagon Cooling Those motors were actually GM heater blower motors. Trick stuff for the 80`s and still work great today. I also use the same set up. It was there when I bought the car and I left it alone. Of course, there is better stuff today ( electric fans on the radiator), but I probably need to go more rounds for it to matter. MJ

04-07-2019, 12:51 PM	#6
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Capt Jack's Wagon Cooling That is how I did my old '56 Chevy, '65 Chevelle & '69 Camaro. Had a "cool down battery", with a four wire connector to the car, I unplugged the car, and plugged in the "cooldown battery" in the pits, or staging lanes too before Class or a tough heads up. Same deal on this car, except with an electric water pump. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 04-07-2019 at 01:59 PM.