Yeah, I got one or had one a while ago. I'll try to dig it up and if I
can't find it contact the person I got it from. They're quite nice -
it's a carbon fiber "look" (not actually CF) and clearcoat over the pattern.
Josh Battles wrote:
> Does anyone have a picture of what the carbon fiber silblades look like? The
> pictures that the vendor sent me were rather lackluster. You can send them
> to me at JBattles@BankFinancial.com
>
> Thanks!
> Josh
>
> 2000 CC V6
> "slacking off IS work..."
>
>
> ""Rick Barnes"" <barnesrv@attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:000001c28695$51967860$0200a8c0@sys15...
>
>>
>>Hey DMLers..just some recent stuff..
>>
>>I sure miss Bernd posting here. I guess some of us pissed him off
>>enough that he won't comeback or at least comment here for a
>>while..Bernd, I hope you do return though.
>>
>>I bought a set of those Silblades that some of you mentioned you have,
>>awesome product.
>>
>>About 6 months ago, I purchased a Flowkooler water pump from Bernd, (by
>>the way NONE of this is any reflection on him, he only sells them). I
>>also purchased one of the high perf thermostats, all hoses...etc. Since
>>my 98 5.2 had about 80k miles on it, I felt it was due for a change of
>>all this stuff before it gave up. My Dak did not overheat or leak
>>before I did any of this. So, I changed out all my hoses, water pump,
>>and thermostat.
>>
>>Some of you may remember that I complained that after installing all
>>this, my truck ran hotter and even attempted to overheat, which had
>>never happened before. Bernd told me he would contact Flowkooler to ask
>>them, but I am sure he got busy and in my opinion, there was little they
>>would have told him anyway, though I never heard from him about it.
>>
>>So, speed ahead to now, about 4 months later. Two days ago I noticed a
>>puddle of antifreeze under my truck. After digging around, turns out,
>>it was the new Flowkooler water pump leaking at the seal behind the
>>pulley. I wound up pulling the Flowkooler back off and replacing it
>>with a standard water pump. I also, once again, replaced the thermostat
>>with a Stant 180. No more problems. I will be sending the Flowkooler
>>back to the manufacturer, (not Bernd, this is not his fault at all) to
>>see how they respond. By the way, I don't even use a clutch fan, I have
>>a BM on mine so there was little strain on this water pump.
>>
>>As I have now looked over the Flowkooler, I think it is odd the way the
>>impeller is shaped and supposed to be superior. The impeller blades
>>have a plate and are much smaller than a standard water pump. I believe
>>that my Flowkooler did not move the water even as well as a standard
>>pump as the blade surface is significantly smaller than standard. I do
>>not understand how this is supposed to move much more water and thus
>>cool better. It certainly did not do the job on my 5.2 as well as a
>>stock water pump.
>>
>>I am only writing this for information. I do not in any way mean
>>criticism of Bernd or Speedtweaks as this is beyond their
>>responsibility, but if you are reading this Bernd, you may want to
>>reconsider this pump at least for a 5.2, it just is not superior to
>>stock.
>>
>>That is just my two cents for today.
>>
>>Rascal
>>
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