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Old 06-22-2014, 08:28 AM   #63
mike the snake
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I had a thought.

What about using an auxiliary oil pump, driven off the cam like the AVO pump, with it's own pickup in the pan, with a one-way check valve?

This would then have 2 oil pumps working, and if for some reason the aux pump were to lose suction/pressure it wouldn't affect the flow of the OEM pump.

You'd have extra pressure and voulme, and extra insurance at high lateral G's, for very low cost and trouble.

If either pump were to lose pressure, the other pump would still be working.

You could even have a small sump tank like on the AVO turbo kit, so even if the pickups lost suction you'd have a small resevoir to pull from.

The more I think about this idea, the better it sounds!
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