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Old 06-09-2008, 06:00 PM
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Gotta wonder how many other "mistakes" are in the How to build High Performance LS1/LS6 book. On page 94 picture24 says the oil pump front plate bolts are 8mm and are torqued to 18ftlbs. Well they are 6mm and I discovered that they won't take 18 lbs, one of them snaped off in the pump body and won't come out! Page 93 correctly calls them 6mm bolts WTF!!!!
I carefully ported this thing too and now it's junk. I'm pissed.
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that sucks man, sounds like my luck
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Your not the only one to have a problem with that torque spec....I ported my stock pump, only to stip out a bolt when torqueing it to 18ftlbs...I was pissed, but what can you do besides buy a new one...

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I just read mine and it said the same thing too..........that sucks!!

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Let's start a class action law suit! Just for the record it should be 106in lbs.
This should be a sticky might save someone a hundred bucks+
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hell, i've even seen torque spec typos in GM's own ESI Techline service software. common sense should have told ya that little bastard wasn't gonna take 18 ftlbs.
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The GM service information shows 106 lb in. Sounds like you needed a better source for info.
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just marked mine up. thanks for the tip.
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wow, 18 lb ft is like 216 lb in, thats ridiculous, maybe its a typo and supposed to be 8 lb ft thats quite a bit closer
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You read that book?

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