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Old Feb 4, 2015 | 02:43 PM
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Great to see a home grown business doing well and bringing new things to market, made here. Thanks guys.
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Great to see a home grown business doing well and bringing new things to market, made here. Thanks guys.
Absolutely. After trading a few emails with them, it's definitely on my build list now for the Vette. Shouldn't be too much longer...
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I was literally thinking about making one of these for my engine today!!! To bad I'm building a 4.8L Great product, I'll have one for my other engine for sure
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The new scrapers are now in stock. We shipped out as many as we could today and if yours didn't ship it will go out tomorrow.

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I got my email.... woohoo.
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In for results! Let us know how you guys like them. Deffinatly getting one for next build.
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I got mine, and it fits perfect, no contact issues or modifications needed.
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I got mine, and it fits perfect, no contact issues or modifications needed.
Thanks for the feedback! What's your setup?
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4.000" forged crank from TMS, forged rods from TMS, and main studs.
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Here it is...




Motor is a LS3 with a 4.000" crank. I'm running their crank scraper, as well as their oil pan baffle. Those two things, along with a Thompson Motorsports ported high pressure oil pump, should keep my motor's oiling situation in check.

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Looks like everything cleared without issue!
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We received ours and quality is very nice. I'll post up photos when doing the assembly.
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Motor is a LS3 with a 4.000" crank. I'm running their crank scraper, as well as their oil pan baffle. Those two things, along with a Thompson Motorsports ported high pressure oil pump, should keep my motor's oiling situation in check.

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What clearance did you have between the scrapper & crank counter weights?

I installed mine and ended up with .075. I have K1 crank & rods.
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Old Mar 8, 2015 | 01:55 PM
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I honestly didn't measure. I bolted it up, then slowly rotated the crank to make sure everything cleared fine. The only question I have is the last bolt, closest to the oil pump, I couldn't put a nut on it because of the oil pickup tube.



I'm guessing it'll be alright. Maybe I can find a low profile nut to fit on it.

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I'm guessing it'll be alright. Maybe I can find a low profile nut to fit on it.

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Yeah, this is an issue when you use the ARP main studs because they are larger than the factory studs/bolts. It's best to secure it if you can. I don't remember the thread size off hand, I'll have to check when I get back to the office. But check out McMaster.com, they likely have a low-profile nut you can use.
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Have you guys by any chance sent any EGM-303 scrapers to VCM in Australia yet, I'm waiting patiently for them to get in touch with me when they have stock.

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Have you guys by any chance sent any EGM-303 scrapers to VCM in Australia yet, I'm waiting patiently for them to get in touch with me when they have stock.

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Not yet, unfortunately. Their shipment is waiting on the GTO oil cooler adapters which are probably a couple of weeks away from being ready. They haven't asked us to ship the crank scrapers as a partial shipment yet.
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Yeah, this is an issue when you use the ARP main studs because they are larger than the factory studs/bolts. It's best to secure it if you can. I don't remember the thread size off hand, I'll have to check when I get back to the office. But check out McMaster.com, they likely have a low-profile nut you can use.

I was actually able to remove the oil pickup tube, secure the crank scraper, then reinstall the pickup tube and had enough clearance.
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I was actually able to remove the oil pickup tube, secure the crank scraper, then reinstall the pickup tube and had enough clearance.
Do you have a picture of the Improved Racing baffle you also used?
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Here's the oil pan baffle from Improved Racing.

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