Layland

What's people's views on fia oil pumps as I brought one new to build my engine originally, but I have been told to use a genuine ford one but the price from ford is a little expensive

zetaboostboy522bhp

ford are better but still a time bomb waiting to happen , people say only if your reving past 7000 but i heard of them breaking with much less revs.
for the reliability , cost , and piece of mind i would consider getting dan lacey (opi) oil pump kit , its like a dry sump oil pump in looks but it just replaces the original oil pump and is driven by a belt off the crank pulley
or if you have enough cash then full dry sump also from opi

cheers paul

weeman84

What sort of prices will they work out?

robp-tt

iTrader: (1)

Burton power sell dans (opi) oil pump kits.think they come in at around 1200 but worth every penny if it saves a 5k engine from loosing oil pressure

studabear

At what sort of power do the oil pumps become a danger point? My zt is st170 based and was rolling roaded at 293bhp at the flywheel.

robp-tt

iTrader: (1)

I think the oil pump starts to have issues at around 350-400bhp, I kept the standard pump on my old mk2 fiesta build and that was running around 350bhp with no problems, took the pump apart when I changed to dry sump and it was still perfect inside, loads of people keep the pump for builds over 450 and they have been ok,just down to luck really