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Old 02-20-15, 09:08 AM
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Best water pump and kudos

I tried to post in the section covering the good and bad that I had a great experience with Black Dragon. The forum section would not allow me to post. Anyway, I am going to change the water pump on an 84 GSL-SE. It will be a daily driver with few mods. There are many water pumps to choose from and I was wondering if there are any to avoid and or recommend. Thanks in advance.
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i like the Oe one, it lasts for a quarter century! N232-15-130C, gasket is N2Y0-15-116
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Agreed on the original equipment, can't go wrong there.

But if you want to save some cash and go for the coolness factor (no pun intended, I mean "cool" as in looks cool) you may want to consider a GMB 145-1180.

It has an aluminum casing instead of the stock cast iron, looks great polished up and you can get one for $25 shipped off ebay.

Even if it's only half as good as the stock unit, it still should last another decade or two:

GMB 145 1180 New Water Pump | eBay
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thanks folks

I have the 84 GSL-SE stored at a friend's house and am making my list of upgrades for the next couple of months. I am pretty excited. Okay, you got me thinking about how long the OE one lasted on my 86 and I am going that way. thanks for the advice.
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