So I made a Wednesday morning foray into the world of the 8.45 commuters with the intent to do a hit and run on the Supermarket for my weeks victuals before the invasion of the mommies occurred. When I got back to the house I had a surprise sitting on my porch.
So this is my latest and newest bauble, an F-body version water pump that will find its way onto my 5.3 LS orphan motor. The vendor was TRQ and the sale was located on E-Bay. The application spec states it is for a 02-07 Camaro/Corvette base model which matches up to the year of my LS perfectly. The actual price was not all that bad, it was the exchange rate from USD to CDN and the shipping and handling through the Global Shipping facility that bit the big one. Still it did come with the water neck and thermostat included which was not something that I had expected. Mounting this pump will move the upper water neck completely away from the throttle body and make plumbing in the radiator a whole lot simpler when the time comes.
Nick