I was thinking about installing a remote mount water pump
on the dyno engine and discovered a potential problem
with the oil pump outlet fitting. It could interfere
with the V belts. A simple solution is turn the e-shaft
pulley around front to back. That moves both V belts aft 
about two inches which is enough to clear the oil fitting.

I also spent a lot of time doing a new 3D model of the front
cover. The old 3D model led to my overlooking this problem in the
first place :) I will eventually include the new front cover 
model in the remote mount water pump plumbing 3D.

BTW I still have three remote mount water pumps for sale if 
anybody needs them. 

If every there was an airplane crying out for a remote
mount water pump the KIS Cruiser is it. The top of the cut down
pump and engine for that matter is right up under the cowl. If 
the water level gets a little low the pump will cavitate and 
destroy itself. This is not such a big problem in a car as there is
plenty of room under the hood to raise a coolant reservoir will
above the pump.

I hope Mazda wakes up to this problem soon and moves the water
pump down on the side of the block somewhere. There is no longer
any reason to have it where it is. Nobody uses an engine driven
fan anymore. Some of the more modern inline engines from GM and 
Toyota have the pump down near the bottom of the block.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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