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Old 05-22-2022, 06:39 PM   #1106
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Originally Posted by CrispyTreats View Post
It doesn't seem to fail a lot in the SS and other vehicles, people speculate its because the LT4 Camaros are more demanding which causes stress fractures and eventually the ring inside fails and others say they DONT use the same Oil Pump. I havent done enough research about the other vehicles but one things for sure, they dont fail as often as the LT4 pumps do.
What confuses me is that supercharged LT1s don't seem to have as many pump failures. I know the LT4 crank is more robust, which intuitively would result in fewer failures
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