water pump woes

[cuda hunter]

so, my 69 water pump out of a 70 super bee is weeping.

should I replace this with a stock part from napa or oreilly's, should I purchase some sort of high performance water pump through a vendor like summit or should I rebuild the one I have?  Is it even rebuildable?

[Chryco Psycho]

I assume this is a big block ?
They can be rebuilt if you want to wait , a Parts store or Rockauto replacement will be fine , it was working well before correct ?
You can spend more & get a high flow one if you desire ...

[cuda hunter]

My mistake for not mentioning the motor. 
It's a 78 400 out of a truck.  Low mileage motor.  Had the water pump from my last 383 and put it on the motor.  I like dated parts for some reason.
However this car is not dated to anything so I'd consider getting a better water pump.  Is it worth the extra coin to get a hi flow from a racing house?
Who's hi flow water pump would you suggest?

Also, are the standard parts stores stuff gonna be chinese parts?  I'm so sick of replacing chinese junk. 

[Chryco Psycho]

Mancini has an alum house brand for $35 , the cast iron is double the price at $70
Milodon has an alum for $50
MP is $90
RockAuto has them for $18-27 in cast iron

Everything else is $100 +

[cuda hunter]

Why would the cast iron be more than the aluminum? 
Do they last longer? 
Pretty much everything that is aluminum is usually twice the price.

[Chryco Psycho]

No Idea , maybe Mancini doesn't sell many of the iron ones

[JS29]

Why would the cast iron be more than the aluminum? 
Do they last longer? 
Pretty much everything that is aluminum is usually twice the price.

[Burdar]

IMO, if you weren't experiencing any cooling issues with the stock pump, then there is no reason to "upgrade" to a more expensive one.  A stock replacement from Rockauto or your local parts store will be just fine.