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Re: Spitfire Water pump

To: spitlist@cox.net, NASS-club@yahoogroups.com,
Subject: Re: Spitfire Water pump
From: zoboherald@aol.com
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:06:22 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: spitlist@cox.net

This is a small bearing 1296 engine that is now equipped with a Lucas
Alternator.  I have long suspected that the smaller pulley that was 
designed
for use with the original generator is spinning the alternator slower 
than it
wants and therefore not putting out the kind of charge that it normally
would.

So, while I am in the market for a new pump, I decided to order one 
designed
for a later car with an alternator (larger pulley).

==AM==
Maybe I haven't had enough caffeine yet today, but wouldn't a small 
pulley turn FASTER than a larger one? Meanwhile, I also am not 
understanding how the size of the water pump pulley will affect the 
speed of the alternator, since the water pump pulley acts more as an 
idler pulley.

Off to refresh my tea.... ;-)

--Andy  Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, 
Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
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