Which spring in my oil pump
Which spring in my oil pump I just got a high pressure pump from melling (SP) Should I use the high pressure red spring which came in it or should I change it to the blue spring which is less pressure I assume? I have a 98 ls1 camaro with 138,000 miles, Doing a cam soon and headers, But it is a stock bottom end. What do you guys think? Will it hurt anything to have more pressure? Thanks for any help.
Originally Posted by flippincamaro
I just got a high pressure pump from melling (SP) Should I use the high pressure red spring which came in it or should I change it to the blue spring which is less pressure I assume? I have a 98 ls1 camaro with 138,000 miles, Doing a cam soon and headers, But it is a stock bottom end. What do you guys think? Will it hurt anything to have more pressure? Thanks for any help.
Originally Posted by flippincamaro
What will too much pressure cause?
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i installed a cnc ported ls6 hi pressure oil pump but didnt come with any springs. it was assembled and i put it on my 98 motor with 50k miles. i run the castrol germen 0w30 synthetic and at idle mine gets 28 to 30 psi, cruising on freeway its like 45 psi im scared to rev it up because my friend installed a hand ported ls6 oil pump hi pressure and at idle warm his is at 50psi and at wot its 80psi. he is running the same oil!!maybee mines not hi pressure ? oh wellm let me know what you guys think. thanks
I did a little research on my ebay and what i bought . i actually bought this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120049102943
dont say high pressure but it says Katech LS1 LS6 LS2 LM7 LQ4 LQ9 Blueprinted Oil Pumps
I did a little research on my ebay and what i bought . i actually bought this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120049102943
dont say high pressure but it says Katech LS1 LS6 LS2 LM7 LQ4 LQ9 Blueprinted Oil Pumps
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How does this differ from what you had before.. Sure you didnt pinch the o-ring? I have heard of dropping oil pressure because the oil pumps are ported and have a higher flow.
The thing I dont understand is...
I see people saying that more flow and more pressure are 2 different things.. I can understand this if its talking about the entire passage being a higher flowing passage.. But if you just increase the flow rate of the pump it still has the same passage with still has the same resistance but the pump is pushing more oil... How does that not create more pressure?
The thing I dont understand is...
I see people saying that more flow and more pressure are 2 different things.. I can understand this if its talking about the entire passage being a higher flowing passage.. But if you just increase the flow rate of the pump it still has the same passage with still has the same resistance but the pump is pushing more oil... How does that not create more pressure?
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Originally Posted by Tiger2o69
How does this differ from what you had before.. Sure you didnt pinch the o-ring? I have heard of dropping oil pressure because the oil pumps are ported and have a higher flow.
The thing I dont understand is...
I see people saying that more flow and more pressure are 2 different things.. I can understand this if its talking about the entire passage being a higher flowing passage.. But if you just increase the flow rate of the pump it still has the same passage with still has the same resistance but the pump is pushing more oil... How does that not create more pressure?
The thing I dont understand is...
I see people saying that more flow and more pressure are 2 different things.. I can understand this if its talking about the entire passage being a higher flowing passage.. But if you just increase the flow rate of the pump it still has the same passage with still has the same resistance but the pump is pushing more oil... How does that not create more pressure?