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Old 09-08-2002, 08:27 PM
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How MUCH drag is your water pump making? The 0.5-3 horse pumps I worked on were capable of melting their own impellers onto their shafts if they lost coolant. Never had one melt due to bearings, BUT these pumps had automatic heat protection. I imagine that an all-aluminum impeller spinning at high rpm with plenty of HP could heat the water nicely.

Edit: Squeaking means something is rubbing together. When your water pump is squeaking at 4000 rpm with 400 hp on it, I bet it'll get hot (or broken).
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