Billet Oil Pump Gears How Much $ Is Fair To Install Them

[NickSezz]

shattering the oil pump typically comes from ratting the crank snout, this is often caused by jumping off and back hard onto the throttle.

ask me how I know.

wish that was my experience.... :nonono:

Very true. If you guys on the stock gear break the tires loose just let it go and get back in line. It's not worth trying to be a hero unless there is championship on the line ; )

Jim Jr. here learned that lesson the hard way and ended up shooting a cam sprocket right though the valve cover back in the 3V R&D days...:bash:

 

[bcolenj]

We charge 8 hours do to the job

8 hours with the engine in the car or out of the car?

 

[ALLKHEINZ]

my engine will be in the car and I have a Paxton so I can imagine it will be the 8 hours to do it with engine in the car and take the blower off aswell....

 

[ALLKHEINZ]

you are right about that ,my tuner guy tremblay have run a stock oil pump gear for 2 years and alot of pass on it (lucky or not lucky dont know) before it let go ...he shift at about 7200rpm and i dont know if it is rpm related or a hp boost thing....anyway , it is a good thing to changed it cause it s expensive if it let go ....

I am tuned to shift at 7500rpm....ive made about 50 passes so far...just need to make it through one more day at the track....gears are scheduled to go in on Tuesday...

 

[str3ck]

my engine will be in the car and I have a Paxton so I can imagine it will be the 8 hours to do it with engine in the car and take the blower off aswell....

you wording on that is a little confusing. I had a Vortech on mine when I had the oil pump gear install. Most shops are quoting 8 hours with the engine still in the car, assuming the car is stock (nothing extra to take on or off). my shop charged and extra 6 hours for all the supercharger tubing, brackets and unit itself. Seeing as how all that has to come off just to get the timing cover off.

 

[nosympathy]

So how worried should I be with the mods in my Sig and shifting at 7800 at the track? I was looking at replacing these as it is a DD and wanted to have it set instead of waiting for them too break.

 

[stkjock]

With no power adder I would not worry a lot. It's the extra strain on the crank that is caused by the blower that is the biggest culprit.

 

[nosympathy]

With no power adder I would not worry a lot. It's the extra strain on the crank that is caused by the blower that is the biggest culprit.

I keep hearing it is the resonance too though. The engine does make a very interesting sound from about 7100-7200+ that is very unlike the other RPMs.

 

[CshiznitzJ]

Are most these installs being performed with the oil pan left in place?

 

[beefcake]

Are most these installs being performed with the oil pan left in place?

they can be,

 

[Famine]

Are there instructions online I could follow to attempt myself?

 

[hirting]

Are there instructions online I could follow to attempt myself?

Yes, go to the "How To" section on this site. There is a great write up by Blazer with pictures. I used this guidance to do the install myself and it went flawlessly.

 

[irishpwr46]

If you get the entire cobra jet pump setup with the billet gears, does it make the install easier/ less time consuming?

edit: nevermind I found the answer