Oil Pickup not lining up with oil pump?? See Pic
01-02-2018, 10:03 AM
#21
Thanks for the reply. I dropped the k member and took the pan out. Bolted the pickup and new o ring into the pump. The hole on the mounting bracket was about a 1/8" off from the stud.
When I installed it last summer I had to pull on the tube a little to get it to go onto the stud. That was with the engine out of the car.
It was tuned on e85 and had 12.5.1 cr.
Only a few gas stations had e85 near me and they were 30 minutes away.
Plus I wanted to go with an aluminum block and back to a 6 speed. So now I have this L92 short block, 317s, ls6 cam and intake. Plannin on installing a D1SC on it. Stage 3 tick 6 speed and newly rebuilt 12 bolt.
When I installed it last summer I had to pull on the tube a little to get it to go onto the stud. That was with the engine out of the car.
It was tuned on e85 and had 12.5.1 cr.
Only a few gas stations had e85 near me and they were 30 minutes away.
Plus I wanted to go with an aluminum block and back to a 6 speed. So now I have this L92 short block, 317s, ls6 cam and intake. Plannin on installing a D1SC on it. Stage 3 tick 6 speed and newly rebuilt 12 bolt.
Be cool with a 6 speed, but that 4L80 is a bad bitch, he paid 5k for that trans and converter.
What's wrong with 35? I say run it. What weight oil are you using? Try moving it up a step or two and go with it.
01-02-2018, 10:48 AM
#22
Ah I see, yeah it was a pain when I had it for a couple weeks looking for E85 all the time. I always figured it could have been ran on gas just needed a good tuner to tune it. With a large cam the dynamic compression is lower so it would have likely worked.
Be cool with a 6 speed, but that 4L80 is a bad bitch, he paid 5k for that trans and converter.
What's wrong with 35? I say run it. What weight oil are you using? Try moving it up a step or two and go with it.
Be cool with a 6 speed, but that 4L80 is a bad bitch, he paid 5k for that trans and converter.
What's wrong with 35? I say run it. What weight oil are you using? Try moving it up a step or two and go with it.
Im running Mobile 1 5W30. Yea, I thought about going a little heavier in oil weight.
I found out, The DOD towers under the valley cover were not blocked off and could be the reason for my low oil pressure. Hopefully plugging them will do the trick. I do have the LS3 valley cover with the O rings thats suppose to stop any leaking but read plugging the holes is the only definite way to stop any internal leaks coming from the towers.
01-02-2018, 03:29 PM
#23
I agree, the 80e is would be much better for racing but I had to be honest with myself, I just dont go to the track that much. Im a street/Highway guy. I sold the Convertor & TCI Outlaw and traded the 80e and parts to a guy for a Tick stage 3 6 speed and Mcleod RXT setup.
Im running Mobile 1 5W30. Yea, I thought about going a little heavier in oil weight.
I found out, The DOD towers under the valley cover were not blocked off and could be the reason for my low oil pressure. Hopefully plugging them will do the trick. I do have the LS3 valley cover with the O rings thats suppose to stop any leaking but read plugging the holes is the only definite way to stop any internal leaks coming from the towers.
Im running Mobile 1 5W30. Yea, I thought about going a little heavier in oil weight.
I found out, The DOD towers under the valley cover were not blocked off and could be the reason for my low oil pressure. Hopefully plugging them will do the trick. I do have the LS3 valley cover with the O rings thats suppose to stop any leaking but read plugging the holes is the only definite way to stop any internal leaks coming from the towers.
I didn't know that about the DOD stuff but makes sense for sure. Very interested to hear how it goes after you plug them. Take some pics if you don't mind, I'd like to learn about that one. How does the factory do it? I'd imagine that the LS3 cover is how they do it therefore it should work... should. In other words surely they use one block but different valley covers for DOD and non DOD motors.
