Oil pump choices
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Oil pump choices
Got a boundary stage one from a customer at work. Upon disassembly, looks like some debris went through it. Unsure if I should be running this, or if a stage one is even the right choice for me. I measured the boundary gears vs. a stock vvt pump, and the VVT gears were ~.050” thicker. Is this the only difference? I’m almost leaning towards running the stock pump with a shim and calling it good or buy a stage 2?
back story: I’m building a forged VVT engine for 250-300hp, stock rev limit.
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Those Boundary gears are the stage 1 gears (.373). A stage 2 boundary pump is the high flow pump with bigger gears and the housing machined for higher flow (.430 thickness). The OEM VVT pump (.393) is what the boundary stage 2 was designed to be even better than. From left to right is OEM non VVT, BE Stage 1, BE Stage 2. You need the higher flow for a VVT IMO. BE stage 2 gears are too big for a stock VVT pump housing.
Last edited by Turbomack; 05-05-2020 at 12:18 AM.
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That 1/20th of an inch is enough of a gap that the smaller gears will not self-prime on engine start inside the larger housing. (Source: Experience). I imagine the problem is only compounded by the damage to the face of the gears. If you're rebuilding the engine, don't waste your time trying to shim together non-matched parts. Just buy the stage 2 pump.
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