Hey Guys, I have been off and on the phone today with the guys over at RJ MFG! They have some good news! Finally, an upgrade to the factory oil pump to allow us to run higher RPMs! Below is the simulated oil pump upgrade.
I just confirmed that their oil pump gears passed the bench testing by within 3% of the simulation model all the way to 10k RPMs and held 90 psi of oil pressure for 5 hours while being put through a torture test to simulate the strains of shifting and over-revving! Safe to say your oil pump will no longer be the weak point in making Hi RPM runs!
RJ MFG is now a vendor on here and have told me that they will be offering a introductory special of $699 shipped for the first 10 buyers! the retail on these will be $749 MSRP...
Once I have the bench test results I will post them up.
Note:
Factory gear is sintered metal construction with a tensile strength of ~6,000psi
RJ MFG gear is harder Chromoly steel with a tensile strength of ~140,000.
The issue with the powder metal units is micro-welding to the crank. The new design should effectively eliminate that issue and a 10k 5 hour torture test would have seized a factor gear within seconds!
So who is interested?
First 10!
1. Bullitt5897
2. Zeliminator
3. Juicinjake
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