quick question before i instill my cam
quick question before i instill my cam Im looking to install my cam this weekend but i have not got a new oil pump. will i be ok with the stock one for now? and if so should i not be driving the car if im still useing the stock oil pump.
you'll be alright,... i'm still using my stock pump and i installed my cam almost 2 years ago. it is a suggested upgrade with any cam, and you're better off doing it at the same time if you can.
Originally Posted by 2GFIREHAWK
Im looking to install my cam this weekend but i have not got a new oil pump. will i be ok with the stock one for now? and if so should i not be driving the car if im still useing the stock oil pump.
yes you would b ok.. but think about it do you really want to have to take the pulley and the cover off again.. you already have everything off why not change it.. it doesnt cost that much anyways. just my. .02
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If you weren't having issues with the pump before, you should be ok, but like was already mentioned.... why not do it while you are already in there? They are relatively cheap from any number of vendors. My advice is to do it and be done. 
Theyre also a big pain in the *** what with all the dropping of the oil pan. Id say its an extra 3+ hours to do the install. But like the others said, you could be saving yourself another 3 hours to get to this point of undress if you did it now.
honestly dropping oil pan wasn't that hard when your there....just take your time, make sure you realize ls1howto is missing a few bolts there is more like 13 bolts to the oil pan
Dropping the oil pan? That's not needed. We just did mine this weekend.
Have some patience. Order the part and replace it. You won't know when it's about to go. It'll just crap out on ya.
Have some patience. Order the part and replace it. You won't know when it's about to go. It'll just crap out on ya.
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Sorry guys, I have fairly thin fingers and it took me a long time of futzin' with that damn oil pickup bolt. All the while in the hot hot sun and contorting my body in akward positions to fit under the car on smallish jackstands. Not something im anxious to do again. Ill wait till the engine comes out
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Verdad Gallardo Pen magnet will fish it out just fine if you drop it, considering the bolt will be the only item the magnet picks up in there. We even dropped the end wrench in once, and fished it right out with a pen magnet. Don't listen to the wannabe internet gurus. They make it WAY too hard, and spend WAY too much time reading and not enough time living.
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Originally Posted by N4cer
Pen magnet will fish it out just fine if you drop it, considering the bolt will be the only item the magnet picks up in there. We even dropped the end wrench in once, and fished it right out with a pen magnet. Don't listen to the wannabe internet gurus. They make it WAY too hard, and spend WAY too much time reading and not enough time living.
We went ahead and pulled the oil pump off anyway. I didn't change the pump, just the timing chain. I dropped the pickup bolt a couple times, but we got it with the pen magnet without any trouble. It took about 10 minutes to get the bolt back in place.
I did read a good suggestion at one point for this. Someone said they used a piece of fishing line tied around the bolt while trying to get it in there. This way it couldn't fall to far down into the oil pan. After it is threaded, you can cut the fishing line off the bolt (making sure to get it all out of there) and thread it the rest of the way in.
If I had it to do over... I'm not sure if I'd try it or not. It wasn't too tough for me, but I felt like I just got lucky.
Originally Posted by N4cer
Pen magnet will fish it out just fine if you drop it, considering the bolt will be the only item the magnet picks up in there. We even dropped the end wrench in once, and fished it right out with a pen magnet. Don't listen to the wannabe internet gurus. They make it WAY too hard, and spend WAY too much time reading and not enough time living.
Like gauge suggested, I used dental floss to keep from dropping the bolt down the pan.
Thanks for the kind words gauge.
Sorry to take things personally and get off topic.
Anyway, 2gfirehawk, you dont need to do the pump and chain now. While if you plan on doing it in the future, it would be beneficial to do it now since your in the area. but plenty of people have run the stock ls1 pump and chain with their cam. I believe it was limited to the 98's that had the faulty oil pump that would potentially stick open, but those failures probably arent as common as people make them out to be.
Sorry to take things personally and get off topic.
Anyway, 2gfirehawk, you dont need to do the pump and chain now. While if you plan on doing it in the future, it would be beneficial to do it now since your in the area. but plenty of people have run the stock ls1 pump and chain with their cam. I believe it was limited to the 98's that had the faulty oil pump that would potentially stick open, but those failures probably arent as common as people make them out to be.
