Time for another water pump thread
08-29-2017, 03:24 PM
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I'm installing and tensioning belts to within .1 (5.0+/-.1 on "late design" timing belts) tolerance on the 9201 tool...I don't see how it is possible to obtain that kind of tolerance using the Kempf tool. I sincerely doubt that this tool will get one within 1.0 "Porsche belt units" of being correct.
I've always considered this tool to be like using a wooden yardstick instead of a micrometer to measure the size of a crankshaft......it can be done, but it isn't going to be very darn accurate.
I've always considered this tool to be like using a wooden yardstick instead of a micrometer to measure the size of a crankshaft......it can be done, but it isn't going to be very darn accurate.
Don't mean a damn once things are in motion and/or the temperature changes.
08-29-2017, 03:32 PM
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08-29-2017, 03:33 PM
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08-29-2017, 03:34 PM
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08-29-2017, 03:48 PM
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'86.5 race car I had for a while came with a nearly new {chinese pump?} that spun the impeller first time the PO took it on the track.
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08-29-2017, 03:49 PM
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So while it may be agreed upon within the confines of people who follow such threads and take the advice from people like Roger. It's obvious that is not everyone.
08-29-2017, 04:01 PM
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After being in the Facespace groups for a good many years, a huge % of 928 owners have no clue about Rennlist and we get to read about all the stupid **** people are doing to these cars.
I've refused to install any on my dime and this was my first experience with one. So so far we are at 100% failure rate here.
I've refused to install any on my dime and this was my first experience with one. So so far we are at 100% failure rate here.
08-29-2017, 04:19 PM
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08-29-2017, 04:20 PM
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08-29-2017, 04:21 PM
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Oh I agree that there will always be people willing to put the cheapest possible WP on their car, I just meant that I didn't think that this thread would stir up any controversy because I've seen nothing but negative things to say about GEBA pumps on Rennlist. Unless I find out a few years from now that they have a spectacular success rate I'm treating them as on par with a $50 ebay pump.
08-29-2017, 04:24 PM
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Oh I agree that there will always be people willing to put the cheapest possible WP on their car, I just meant that I didn't think that this thread would stir up any controversy because I've seen nothing but negative things to say about GEBA pumps on Rennlist. Unless I find out a few years from now that they have a spectacular success rate I'm treating them as on par with a $50 ebay pump.
No, the possible controversy is about the belt tensioner.
However....some pump threads in the past have gotten rather heated with some people claiming the cheap ones were just fine. They seem to be steering clear of this one.
08-29-2017, 04:43 PM
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I have had Conti belts stretch significantly in the first 1000 miles. Even though I Porkension everything now, and in theory that could take up a bunch a stretch, I will never install another Conti belt. Gates/Lasco/Porken for me.