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Old 01-14-2014, 08:56 PM
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Gonna put a mild cam in a 35K mile LS6. Is it a waste of money to swap in a ported pump and chain set ? The stock pump is just getting into its prime. Or is the "while your that far" rule apply ? Cam is 222/226 115 LSA.
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You are there, so the while you are already ***** deep rule applies .... would go ahead and do a melling pump along with new chain.
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Do yourself a favor and buy an extra oil pump o-ring for the pickup tube, I destroyed the one that came with my pump and had to go on an easter egg hunt at several autoparts stores....
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At that mileage, I'd leave the pump alone and just do a $45 LS2 chain. That is unless you're seeing crappy oil pressure right now, then I'd swap it out.
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