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Oil pump gears….Upgrade?

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Gearbanger 101

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I’ve got my engine apart now. Are the stock oil pump gears as bad as a lot of people say they are? If so, I guess I’ll upgrade them, but they want $250.00US+ for the hardened gears. Can I not just install a new stock set, or am I just asking for trouble? How many have experience failure?
 
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yes, yes, friggin yes go billet. I was worried about spending the cash on the billet gears but was so happy when I saw at least 3 fail on high horsepower cars.
 

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yes, yes, friggin yes go billet. I was worried about spending the cash on the billet gears but was so happy when I saw at least 3 fail on high horsepower cars.
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Well, I don't expect my horsepower levels to exceed 425-435 at the flywheel. I'm just concerned if they're warranted or not. Where did you get yours and what did you pay for them?
 
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I got mine from Modular Powerhouse. Its good insurance and you will be kicking yourself if you have to yank the motor again just to replace the gears. I have seen at least 3 sets fail personally. I got Billet gears from I forget who and I think they were close to $300 for everything. That may have included the billet crank trigger. Sorry I forgot. Call Rhonda and tell them RJ sent ya. 770-751-0333.
 
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Especially when you've got the engine busted apart already, might as well.
 

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Especially when you've got the engine busted apart already, might as well.
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Yeah I know, it's just all the $300.00 here and $200.00 there that are starting to turn my simple little rebuild/beef up into a full-on financial investment.
 
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Yeah I know, it's just all the $300.00 here and $200.00 there that are starting to turn my simple little rebuild/beef up into a full-on financial investment.
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Welcome to having cars as a hobby.
 

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Welcome to having cars as a hobby.
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Yeah, it’s not my first. Only I’m slowly realizing that mod motors cost considerably more than pushrods when it comes to…..anything. Now I pretty much just take the cost of whatever it would have cost to replace/upgrade the part on my old 5.0 LX and triple it. That usually puts me in the ballpark.
 
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Yeah, it’s not my first. Only I’m slowly realizing that mod motors cost considerably more than pushrods when it comes to…..anything. Now I pretty much just take the cost of whatever it would have cost to replace/upgrade the part on my old 5.0 LX and triple it. That usually puts me in the ballpark.
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Yeah, I know what you mean.

I wish the modulars could do the insane amounts of N/A power the big pushrods can.
 
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