<VV> Opinions - High Volume Oil Pump

[Roger Gault]

Todd,
You'll get a number of "No, no, don't do that!" answers on this.  Since
you're rebuilding, you certainly don't need the big pump, unless your cam
bearing surfaces are way out of spec.  Using it will increase the load on
the distributor drive gear, and could push it over the edge and shear the
drive pin.  However, I've got probably 75,000 miles on one, and have seen no
problems.

So, it's an un-necessary risk from a technical standpoint, but probably not
a very large one.  If it makes you nervous, you could always sell it on the
list or on ebay, and go with a stock setup.

Roger Gault
Austin

PS:  I'm putting one in my 3.6L engine because I'm adding oil jets to cool
the pistons, so I need more oil flow.  Unfortunately, I've already bought
one and installed it.  ;-(


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ChiefTAM@aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:13 PM
Subject: <VV> Opinions - High Volume Oil Pump


> As many of you know, I am getting into (hopefully) the final stages of
> getting my 69 Monza Convertible back on the road.  Short history, car
turned
> 50,000 miles on it bringing it to Texas from Minnesota in April of last
year,
> never had a problem till then.  Engine ended up with 2 broken piston
rings.
> Fixed those, and then had the new rod bearing go bad in about 60  miles,
taking
> out the crank and leading to a complete rebuild of the  engine.
>
> Now are ordering mucho dollars in new internal parts, and having the heads
> gone through to alter the compression ratio to fit the new flat-top
pistons
> with  the 69 smog heads.
>
> One of the parts we are going to put in is a new oil pump.  When I
purchased
> my 65 Turbo Convertible about 6 years ago, I got with it a bunch of  new
and
> NOS parts, including a new Clarks high volume oil pump.
>
> The engine we are building for the 69 is the stock 110, trying to make it
a
> good streetable engine with an Isky cam that is just a little more than
> stock.  Just a good drivable engine.  What would the plusses and  minuses
of
> putting the high volume oil pump in this engine.  I know that an  oil pump
isn't
> expensive, but when you can save anywhere while spending over  $2,000 on
an
> engine, I would just as soon do that.  I just don't want to do  anything
> detrimental to the engine over the long term.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Todd
> Texas
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