hi gang, a friend who runs a 440 crossram 63 fury was telling me about the time his alt/pump belt came off when he was racing, the car picked up a full quarter second, when he realized the belt was off (the car was getting hot), he put one back on, the car slowed back a quarter second. needless to say he put an electric pump and fan on and now is a 1/4 second faster. many of my racing friends laughed when i shared this story, saying that was not possible. well, last weekend, i rigged up a motor to run my pulley for the pump and fan (a 7-blade)(no alt), just a short ribbed v-belt, guess what happened, exactly .25 seconds faster, i ran with and without a few times and that is what happened repeatedly. i have a always used a shutoff for my alt, so the car will kill with the shut-off switch, but it makes no noticable difference in the timeslip, whether it is on or off. i paid 75 bucks for a moroso pump drive kit, and it seemed to control the engine temp well. (though my car never goes above 180)and it was hotttt and humid. tom 65 satellite (now i suppose i will have to buy an expensive battery charger.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com