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Old 04-26-2004, 11:14 PM
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is there any different kind of oil pump besides the stock one that makes any difference when there is not a supercharger or a turbo on a engine that has just a cam, p/p heads , and boltons. i am rebuilding my engine that has 89k on it and im going ahead and putting a new oil pump for future safety
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im pretty sure all you can get is either stock or modified-stock oilpumps
ive never seen anything else
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Originally Posted by tedscamaro
is there any different kind of oil pump besides the stock one that makes any difference when there is not a supercharger or a turbo on a engine that has just a cam, p/p heads , and boltons. i am rebuilding my engine that has 89k on it and im going ahead and putting a new oil pump for future safety
I've been running an LS6 ported oil pump for 15,000 miles so far, and I haven't had a problem.
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Does the LS-6 pump run at a higher PSI?
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check with AP Engineering----->
Might still be able to get in on the GP they had going
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There are just stock and modified stock oil pumps. I got a ported LS6 pump from TSP and its great. Get's up to a healthy 80 psi at WOT. I don't think there is much of a difference between the ported LS6 pumps. There is the TSP, Katech, SLP, and one other. I just bought the cheapest.
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Melling is making a new designed cast iron front case oil pump.
Haven't heard much about them though, they claim higher volume then stockers.
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Originally Posted by wrencher
Melling is making a new designed cast iron front case oil pump.
Haven't heard much about them though, they claim higher volume then stockers.

Hmm that should be interesting.
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You can always go dry sump, which is what I am going to do if I have anymore o-ring related problems!




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