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Will A Vl Water Pump Be Fine On A 26/30?

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hey guys i finished the rebuild of my 26/30 setup and put the coolant in ready to start the motor and the bloody water pump (second hand rb26 one from another motor that was fine previously) is leaking from the hole underneath so the seal has gone. I grabbed the spare 26 pump i have and its also leaking so im lookin at a new pump now. Can i just use a rb30 vl water pump? im keeping the revlimit to the 7000rpm mark so its not gonna be revving its head off and im sure a generic vl one is gonna be easier and cheaper to get hold of. I have a spare vl one here as well but the impellar does look a fair different design to the rb26 one.

How many of you guys are running a rb30 water pump on the twin cam motors? and any issues?

anyone know what a new genuine rb26 pump is worth and a rb30 one?

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Brad, I'm running an OEM RB20 water pump on my 30. Bought it brand new and because it was my daily I opted not to go for the N1 waterpump.. now that it's not a daily though.. hopefully it does alright.. new revlimit will be 7500rpm.

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nah i got the gt3076r back on it and running 1 bar its great, got abit of boost creep at high rpm though which is annoying, gotta look into it and wind it up to 18psi or so ;) i reckon its making around the 340rwhp at the moment at a guess, feels slow compared to the old motor but has great response (1 bar at 2800rpm)

sounds like yours is just getting better and better, ive been there and done that and learnt with this one to stop spending and only buy the basics or it just ends up out of control :)

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Nowhere near out of control, just decided to do it all properly instead of trying to hold it back because of certain components :) Had big dramas with the exhaust manifold which set me back a couple of months :thumbsup:

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