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Old 01-27-2014, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by yvairguy View Post
I was thinking about this the other day, could you make a plate to go over the original mounting area for the OEM vacuum pump, but bring the "power" out through a shaft and have it drive something like a vacuum pump from a early 7.3 ford diesel? then maybe still use the electric for low vacuum, like at idle, if needed?

other than that, i would guess maybe going to a serpentine belt setup so you can stack all the stuff close together
That would be beyond my engineering capabilities. Even the serpentine belt idea would require more than I'd be willing to put into it.

At first look, the electrical pump seemed elegant and interesting, but alas, the design of the VCV for the auto trans, just makes it impractical. For manual transmission cars, I think it is a real excellent option.
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