best lsx oil pump
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
How about relative merits of the various offerings?
I'm thinking I'll change the pump on my LS1/4L60E swap. I've got the Melling M295 on my Summit wish list.
I'm thinking I'll change the pump on my LS1/4L60E swap. I've got the Melling M295 on my Summit wish list.
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Car: 1987 Trans Am
Engine: LQ9/L92
Transmission: 4L60E
Re: best lsx oil pump
a lot of guys seem to run ported ls6 pumps, but i too am staying stock. if i decide to stray from a stock engine setup, i'd probably go this route
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Car: 1987 GTA
Engine: LT1
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt 3.70 posi
Re: best lsx oil pump
I don't know why someone would want a higher PSI pump, the stock one on my LS1 runs 40 psi idle, 40 psi at 1500 rpm at 75 mph and between 60 and 80 psi when cold or running the car up with 5w30 and 179k miles.
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
Engine: Cammed 6.0L LSX
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: custom Ford 8.8", 4.10 gears
Re: best lsx oil pump
Melling pump here. Works like a dream, zero oil pressure issues whatsoever.
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
Engine: Cammed 6.0L LSX
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: custom Ford 8.8", 4.10 gears
Re: best lsx oil pump
I don't know exactly what PSI it is, my scan gauge doesn't read oil pressure, but on the dash gauge the needle points at about 2:00, maybe a little further to the right than that even. And yes it's a 100% new block inside.
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
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Re: best lsx oil pump
Sorry I forgot to say what oil, I use Brad Penn oil, "The Green Oil" its a partial synthetic, like 15%.
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
What weight? Not that it helps a lot to know if you don't know what your oil pressure actually is.
The Melling is "standard" volume, I understand. Quite a bit less expensive than the "high volume" pumps I've seen. I haven't seen details, but I assume the Melling would at least be equal to a "ported" pump.
The Melling is "standard" volume, I understand. Quite a bit less expensive than the "high volume" pumps I've seen. I haven't seen details, but I assume the Melling would at least be equal to a "ported" pump.
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: LS1/LQ4
Transmission: 4L60E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Wow, spend a hundred bucks, still need to work it over to make it worthy. . .
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
Engine: Cammed 6.0L LSX
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: custom Ford 8.8", 4.10 gears
Re: best lsx oil pump
I didn't port or shim my pump, it's a race spec pump, I guess that means high volume, I'm not sure. The engine builder picked it out for me.
I want to say I was using 10w30 but the shop I get the oil from recommended something slightly thicker, so it might be 15w30.
I want to say I was using 10w30 but the shop I get the oil from recommended something slightly thicker, so it might be 15w30.
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Engine: Supercharged 6.0
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 8.8 3.73
Re: best lsx oil pump
Wow, spend a hundred bucks, still need to work it over to make it worthy. . .
Maybe I'll just port and shim my own pump.
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