Mikelly Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Did some work on my wife's 95 GT today. Swapped out the radiator, some gooyear Hi miler hoses, and a new SFI rates harmonic dampner/ balancer. After throwing a timing light on it I was amazed to find that the old unit had slipped about 6 degrees more than it was supposed to be reading (10 degrees). That is a big deal and likely why the car would ping when you hammered it... Now to cure the leaking radiator CAP (forgot to get one!) and the gasket on the new thermostat is weeping at one spot... Great! You'd have thought I was capable of such things by now! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dp351zcar Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Mike you might want to put a stronger oil pump shaft on. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted October 12, 2003 Author Share Posted October 12, 2003 Way ahead of you Don... I've got an ARP unit on order! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I've never seen any hard data on this subject, but one reason I run the largest oil filter possible, and on top of that, use two filters in parallel is due to my assumption that more paper means less pump resistance or backpressure on the pump. As to what the real effect of an oil filter is to the overall resistance of oil flow in a "blueprinted" motor is unknown to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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