Has anyone ever heard about someone using a 12 volt hydraulic pump instead of a standard power steering pump to save space in the engine compartment and possibly save loss of horsepower from the extra pulley's drag on the engine?
You are about to hit cascading upgrades. If you still have the stock type alternator, you are going to want to upgrade to a 3g or 6g alternator before you do this. I wouldn't try to run a pump like that on the stock alternator. You can junkyard a 3g for quite cheap and the extra parts to install it aren't terribly expensive either.
You aren't going to pickup too much horse power simply by losing the pump. If you want to know what the difference will be like from the seat of your pants perspective you can simply remove the PS belt and take the car for a drive around the block and see how different the power level feels.
Hi Marvin, welcome to the site, my question is what do you plan on using the car for? It's a trick idea no doubt, but if you are just driving this car on a daily basis then I think you would be miles ahead just putting in a belt driven pump, its not going to save you that much horsepower, and +1 to what Rusty said about the fan...that would be a much bigger gain as far "free" horespower goes, and a much more practical application. But I also understand the "cool" effect of doing stuff like that and stand behind you 100%. This site is about sharing info, so if you do pursue this electric pump, by all means share your experience! Again, welcome!
I'm on board with this. I've always thought it would be SWEET to have a "dry sump" coolant as well. Have nothing but the alternator running off of the motor. Tuck everything away nice, put the pump in the tank, remote locate the battery, hide your other pumps and so forth. but that's alot of draw and it would take a pretty solid setup to do.
alas I'm just trying to make what i have work!
I'm on board with this. I've always thought it would be SWEET to have a "dry sump" coolant as well. Have nothing but the alternator running off of the motor. Tuck everything away nice, put the pump in the tank, remote locate the battery, hide your other pumps and so forth. but that's alot of draw and it would take a pretty solid setup to do.
alas I'm just trying to make what i have work!