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Originally Posted by cv129 Curious: with the longer oil travel (additional oil cooler and lines), do you need a stronger oil pump to compensate for potential loss of oil pressure,

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Old 03-16-2014, 08:08 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Curious: with the longer oil travel (additional oil cooler and lines), do you need a stronger oil pump to compensate for potential loss of oil pressure, or stock pump is up to the task? I won't ever need this, just want to know if this is a concern at all.
My gut feeling (and I have no idea the relative restriction change from either one) was to switch to a larger oil filter to reduce some restriction to offset the cooler a bit (e.g. K&N HP-1010).
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