Raffman

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Just ported the new oil pump and wondering if shimming the relief spring is necessary and if so how thick of a shim do I need? I''m thinking something about the same depth of the allen head retainer that the spring would normally sit in.......

Raffman

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Well for anyone interested, in the LS1 book they show an aluminum spacer from SLP that looks like it just fits in the recess of the allen plug. So I went with a couple of #10 (I think) stainless washers that left just enough space for the spring to sit in the allen plug. This should give slightly higher oil pressure. I'll let you know when I fire up the new 370..........

truckmann

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Personally I wouldn't want the higher oil pressure.

ZZebes

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It's only at WOT

2001CamaroGuy

iTrader: (5)

not needed unless you, well, NEED IT for some reason.

the stock setup will push upwards of 65psi+

the "old" rule was always 10psi for every 1K RPM (thus 65psi = 6500RPM)
LS1 manuals rate it at 7psi for every 1K RPM due to tighter clearance