Electric Water Pump Tag

What Is a Mini Cooper? Travel back to the early 1960s and the Mini has quickly become a cult car. Designed by Sir Alex Issigonis, it became famous for its ‘bigger on the inside than it looks’ space, its funky good looks, and in Cooper Works specification, a lot of muscle for a small four cylinder engine car.

The Davies Craig Electric Water Pump is a versatile and convenience piece of kit that can be utilised within your engine in a number of ways.

What a lot of our customers in your situation have done with great success is add the EWP® (part no 8005 or 8030) into the lower radiator hose, wired direct to the battery via an on/off thermal switch (part no 0401) and use the EWP® as an auxiliary pump, while retaining the existing mechanical belt driven pump.

The EWP® is designed for maximum efficiency at its maximum speed of 2250 rpm. Being in nylon, the impeller can have aerofoil cross section with associated lift, and the tip clearances can be very small.

As a world leader in their field, Davies Craig understands that sometimes a return to basics is what is needed. And so, it is with our new seven step series of articles on Electric Water Pumps (EWP®), their associated equipment, and installations.

The classic car movement is a strong force in the automotive world. ’57 Chevys, 1970 GT-HOs, E-Type Jags, for example, populate forums and car shows. Every now and then though, a hidden gem pops up, and it’s a sure bet the owner goes to great lengths to make it both look good and help it keep its cool.

Cooling has improved, with water being replaced by specifically formulated coolants and made to work with iron and alloys and moving that coolant has been the subject of research over the last two decades by Davies Craig.

Life sometimes gives us questions to ponder. Why is the sky blue, are The Rolling Stones a better band than The Beatles, should I have pineapple on a pizza, and what is an Electric Water Pump (EWP®)?

There are billeted electric water pumps and there are remote-mounted electric water pumps. Davies Craig is a well-known and a well respected leader in the automotive aftermarket cooling equipment space for supplying state-of-the-art remote-mounted universal range of Electric Water Pumps.

Motorsport has proven to be a fantastic proving ground for mechanical components in cars. Not unexpectedly it puts a lot of stress and pressure on areas such as the transmission, the driveline that puts power down to the ground via the wheels. But what about cooling?

Performance cars, normal cars, cars towing caravans, and hot rods all have one thing in common. Well, two, actually. One is that they’re designed to produce and deal with some impressive numbers in speed, horsepower, and fuel consumption. The second is that they all need some serious cooling.

Once again Davies Craig Pty Ltd exhibited at one of the largest and most prestigious car shows held in Australia; Meguiar’s MotorEx. This event really is one of its kind, where participants showcase the nations best custom vehicles to a very large audience spanning across more than 40,000 square metres.

The summer nightmare, a loaded car, Mum, Dad, three kids, the pets and luggage, top up the fuel tank, and hit the road. Half way to your holiday destination, coolant temperature gauge hits the red line! Pull over, bonnet up and steam pouring from the radiator and coolant floods onto the ground!

Davies Craig is gearing up for the new year with preparations in full swing for Summernats 32! A long-time supporter of the event, we will once again make the drive up the Hume to attend Australia’s famous celebration of all thing’s horsepower.

Monash Motorsport has left Formula SAE Australasia with a pair of incredible results earlier this month, with their Combustion class racer finishing in 1st and their Electric class racer finishing in 2nd!

Davies Craig are renowned as a market leader when it comes to after-market cooling for cars, trucks, and anything else with two, four, or more wheels. Alongside their extensive fan range is a just as extensive range of EWP or Electric Water Pumps.

Davies Craig has a long standing reputation for helping out small teams in motorsport. They’ve assisted again, with the OUMF, or Oxford University Motorsport Foundation. They’re a link for people studying engineering in the U.K. that wish to get a doorway open for them to enter motorsport.

We have all been there… looking forward to summer holidays heading to the surf, sand or the bush with the van and car loaded, all hooked up and so too are thousands of other sun seekers with the same idea.

When California based Josh Backes was looking for a way to keep the running temperatures of his Chevelle in check, he stumbled across the Davies Craig brand and our range of Electric Water Pumps. Read on below to find out about his EWP150 & Thermatic Electric Fan installation and some of the benefits he's experienced!

A favourite event on the Australian motoring calendar for many auto enthusiasts, The Geelong Revival rolls around again this month!

Iconic Australian automotive cooling technologies manufacturer, Davies, Craig Pty Ltd has released an updated DL size Product Flyer.

Idaho based land speed racers Greenspeed Research took on the iconic Bonneville Speedweek once again in 2018. Armed with two Davies Craig EWP150’s, the renewable energy powered racer was able to complete a number of trouble-free runs at around the 150-170 mph mark.

Did you know that the Australian owned automotive cooling specialists, Davies Craig has a solid network of distributors around the globe?

The Vintage Adventurer Rod Wade is once again on the road in his Davies Craig cooled 1929 Model A Ford! Armed with a Davies Craig Electric Water Pump, Digital Controller and 16” Thermatic Fan, Rod and The Rattler are taking part in the 2018 PCFA Rally through the outback of Australia.