> What happened to the remote side mounted pump?
     > ...Chrissi
     >

     Sold out. Got too expensive for most people anyway.
     In theory it is better to have the pump mounted down low. If the coolant
     gets low then it still circulates. This apparently is not enough incentive to
     pay $300 for a water pump. IMHO long term the RX8 engine will take over.

We had some helpful communication with Shawn at Unorthodox Racing about pulleys.
We have a Racing Beat (I think) smaller dual V-belt pully on the eccentric shaft, I wrote to ask if we could get a custom pully that was an inch further out. His response was to go to their newer
model serpentine belt version because it is two piece and no problem to make whatever size spacer and put the pully out wherever we need it (to clear our early model front cover on our GEN 3
engine).
Great idea but a new can of worms for us getting all new pullys. Was the serpentine version of the water pump not reverse rotation run off the backside of the belt?
Shawn basically said that V-belts are not as safe at high speeds anyway.
We would need a water pump and alternator pully suited for front side of belt use and what is the availability of belts in incremental lengths?
How critical is alignment and tension on a serpentine belt?
It was an experimental supercharger add-on that brought Dave Domeier's Eggenfeller Sube powered RV down due to ingesting a belt.
...Chrissi

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Yes 3rd gen water pump is reverse rotation as I recall. I suggested turning 
the early 2nd gen V belt e-shaft pulley 180 degrees to get the belt away from the front 
cover if you are using the remote water pump. You will also have to space the 
side maounted alternator back. Forward in the case of a pusher.

Paul Lamar
 
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