Get a high flow water pump or stay with stock?

[BigBlockSam]

i removed my fan clutch from my superbee . it's got a big cam with crappy idle . at idle in gear it wasn't turning fast enough . putting a direct fan with no clutch helped at idle in gear 

[Paul G]

A little update.

I reinstalled my same water pump since it is an 8 vane pump with a Hayden heavy duty fan clutch #2747, Milodon high flow 160 stat, and a 1/2" fan spacer. Had the engine idling in the garage last night for 1/2 hour or more while I was setting timing and idle and looking for leaks. The engine temp never went over 160. Had good coolant flow across the radiator and much more air flow through the radiator than before. I could actually feel the breeze out in front of the A/C condenser. Ambient temp was only in the 60's so not a real good test yet. But I think a noticeable improvement. We'll see in a couple more months when the daytime temps get back in the 90's.

I went with the Eddy RPM air gap manifold. An LD340 is hard to come by. Had to use a Bouschillon kickdown cable and throttle bracket kit since the stock linkage was not going to fit anymore. Still have to get a shorter air cleaner for hood clearance, maybe 2 1/2" in place of my 3". I messaged almost an inch out of the base on the one I have. The hood closes but I only have a fraction of an inch clearance. Like an 1/8". 

Ran in to another problem when installing the Bouchillon kit. The trans bracket that comes in the kit, to hold the new kickdown cable to the trans, hits the hump on the drivers side. Found the trans mount all pulled over to the drivers side as well. Pulled off the trans mount and pressed it back in to the center. Had to tug the trans over to get it bolted to the mount. After a while the bushing in the trans mount worked itself back over to the drivers side. Could the Engine/trans be sitting crooked in the car? Maybe the K-frame sitting crooked under the body?

Man! Change one thing and six others have to change behind it.