Scorpion water pump on a spider??

burgandy81 · Post by **burgandy81** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:01 am

Hi All,

Working on my turbo conversion and have run into a plumbing issue. My Lancia Thema manifold and turbo sit VERY close to the standard Spider water pump outlet.

Has anyone tried a Lancia Scorpion water pump? Is the pulley on the correct plane? My thinking is that I can fabricate a 90 degree elbow and have the water pump outlet face towards the radiator.

Any thoughts?

Advice is great, pictures would be ideal!!

Cheers,

Jordan

burgandy81 · Post by **burgandy81** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:28 pm

50 views and no thoughts! This is either a really dumb question or I was not very clear!

Maybe a photo will help;

https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=photos&ci ... &sc=photos

The yellow circle highlights my problem. This is a stock water pump with a Lancia Thema exhaust manifold and turbo installed. As it is, a tight 90 degree silicone elbow MIGHT work although it would so close to the turbo housing that I fear a burn or melt (if that is possible with silicone) or best case excess heat being transferred to the cooling system.

Sooo.... I think a Scorpion, Integrale, Beta, or other water pump may solve this issue. I would build a custom hose to bolt to the lancia water pump outlet.

Any thoughts from the team?

Cheers,

Jordan

131 · Post by **131** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:08 pm

A photo is no help if I have to sign in to some windows thing to view it. I think the 50 views may be 50 people that don't know a solution to your problem, I can't imagine too many people would know what a Thema manifold looks like. The pulley fitting on the pump shaft can be pressed or pulled along the shaft a small amount to line up the pulley. If it's too far out you may have to source a pulley with a different belt offset. You could use a metal 90 deg bend instead of silicone, I'd say the radiant heat transfer to the cooling system from the turbo would be minimal in the big scheme of things.

burgandy81 · Post by **burgandy81** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:32 pm

Thanks Mick,

Stupid Microsoft hosting ..... I did not realize it was secured.

Appreciate the thoughts about he pulley shaft and the heat transfer.

Looks like I will be shopping for one!

Jordan

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