04-23-2019, 04:33 PM
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Drives: 2002 Camaro SS
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Raleigh
Posts: 95
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Originally Posted by SFV1LE
"No more oil pump failure with a wet (dry) sump system"? ZL1 is a wet sump, I think you mean dry sump.
And this isn't true if this new dry sump oil pump fails. The complexity of an aftermarket dry sump is extreme, with many more potential points of failure... and you would lose your GM engine warranty installing it. If my 100% stock engine fails on track it's covered by GM, if I add dry sump it isn't.
The problem isn't oil starvation because the system can't supply enough oil during high G turns (reason to install dry sump). It's that the pump in this wet sump is breaking due to mfg defect.
Also, I know a few people with dry sump Corvettes and Z28s with engine failure due to oil starvation, so that isn't always a perfect solution to oiling problems on these Chevy vehicles.
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Gotcha,thanks
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