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.

 

i like the Oe one, it lasts for a quarter century! N232-15-130C, gasket is N2Y0-15-116

 

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

 

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.