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Originally Posted by BRZoomTX
Interesting to see this fail at OEM power levels. The only other oil pump gear failure that I am aware of being documented on the forum is a spitfire's build thread, that shattered somewhere around 700hp. I don't recall the rev limit on the car but I believe he did head work as well. Link below.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=250 |
Thanks for posting that. I figured I couldn't be the first, with all these people tracking their cars.
Obviously that engine was under a lot more stress, so you could expect more risk of failure in general. However, intuitively I would not expect the oil pump gear to be under significantly more stress in a boosted application unless he was revving really high. Even then, I wouldn't expect it to come apart like that.
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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
that elusive 0.5 gear
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I have a four dimensional transmission. I downshift into 1/2 to bump the car sideways.