I have to say, all my dealings with Summit have been first rate. They do what they promise and if something happens they do their best to make it right. Example was when my Son Don's TCI transmission blew a torque convertor after only a few miles. TCI told us to send the transmission and convertor back to them (the transmision got wiped out too) and for us to pay the shipping. ($ 125 each way) We dd, and TCI found the front pump had gone bad and wiped out everything. They redid the transmission and put a new torque convertor with it and made us pay the shipping BACK. I complained to Summit and they kicked in $ 75 to help with the freight.

I'm not looking for total reimbursement on this water pump failure, but it will end up costing me a lot of time and money when all is said and done. I need not only a new water pump, but also a complete engine gasket set to put the motor back togther, oil, transmission grease, etc. Mainly, I just want a pump that I can trust.

I spoke to the Ford Racing Rep at Turkey Run, and he says they build this pump special. They machine the nose off of some other racing pump they offer, shorten the parts up, and reassemble it. Whoever they are using to do the pumps is screwing up. The pump that blew up in my face (literally) did not have the two shallow bolts torqued down from the factory, which is why the inside gasket blew out, and probably why my first pump failed.

Don