AWIC for N00bs

[kingbobdole]

Ohhh. simpler question.... and thanks for the heater core info BTW...
Where can I get the hose that goes from the turbo to the intercooler and the BOV?

[subaru_styles]

since you doing a custim setup, i would just make one from silicone couplers and/or elbows and some spare aluminum pipe.

[evolutionmovement]

Bilge pumps are all 12VDC that I've seen as their engines run the same as ours. They will hook right up. Get one without an internal float switch unless you want it to run constantly. To reduce vibration you should mount it on rubber stoppers or similar. That should reduce some of the noise you may get. Boats hulls amplify the noise with the fiberglass and the fact that they're mounted as close to the hull line as possible. In this case, mounting it a little higher in the tank in the interest of quiet won't be an issue. You can get them in volumes from 100 gph to 1000+, but going way over the top probably won't help you any more than what you need.

[vrg3]

In general, intercooler coolant temperatures will be cooler than engine coolant temperatures. Good plastic should work okay; after all, my cooler in the back seat was made all of plastic.

I found the bilge pump on eBay. The 1000 model here:

http://www.etaengineering.com/waterpump ... pump.shtml

Runs off 12 volts DC (I actually just put a cigarette lighter plug on the end). I was impressed how small it was, considering its flow capacity and its continuous duty rating. Huge flow. And it was actually not that loud. Once it was inside the cooler I had to turn the radio off to hear whether it was running at idle.

[evolutionmovement]

Excellent prices and those aren't the float switch ones either. I'm not familiar with the Piranha, but I'm sure they're fine. They look like the Rule pumps in a different color. Anything rated for marine use will probably be durable, especially something critical like a bilge pump. I only saw one actual pump failure as a mechanic that wasn't due to wire corrosion and that was probably almost 20 years old.

Steve

[vrg3]

Yeah. It actually seems a little nicer, sturdier, and more serviceable than the Rule pumps I've played with.

But, yes, it's very simple -- no float switch or anything. Not self-priming, but they don't have inlet fittings anyway -- they're meant to be submersed. If used to bail water they'll bring the level down to a few millimeters.

[evolutionmovement]

So these are really more a fountain pump than an actual bilge pump, ity seems, unless you're using it in an old toilet boat that has a perpetual supply of water in the bilge.

[vrg3]

I guess. Or maybe they're supposed to be backup pumps that you activate manually. I don't know boats.