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post Nov 3, 2006 - 9:58 PM
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these are the tools you need to shim the oil pump
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1st i took of my oil pan
then took out the clip thats holds the spring in place
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it take no time realy
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I put it back together in the order you see
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oh I cleaned the oil pan when it was down..
You can go ahead and get wich ever oil you like
i'll fill you guys in on how much of a diffrence it made....

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post Dec 4, 2006 - 9:52 AM
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A. you don't need that much oil flow at high rpms
B. The factory oil pump was designed for a certain RPM range @ x pressure value. If you shim the pump and run to 8500rpm you're going to risk pump cavitation and then sucking your sump dry.


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