BBF Oil Pumps ?

I am a sponsored High Flow Dynamics racer, with great success using their oil pumps, but I saw a stock style pump break on a competitors boat this weekend at the races. What else is out there guys? Is there any custom braces available ?

Thanks
Jim

rmcomprandy wrote:

JR Performance Motorsport wrote:I am a sponsored High Flow Dynamics racer, with great success using their oil pumps, but I saw a stock style pump break on a competitors boat this weekend at the races. What else is out there guys? Is there any custom braces available ?
Thanks
Jim

You can make a brace to go from the front main cap to a pump cover bolt to help with vibrations but, it won't make it stronger.

The best fix would be to use a nodular iron, hefty oil pump from Jon Kaase. You say you are a sponsored racer so, now you need to make a decision ...

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He said it was a competitors pump.

342g wrote:He said it was a competitor's pump.

Nope, we actually lost a pump this weekend. It was not the pump in the JR Motorsport engine but the pump of someone he competes against...and that engine also had an HFD pump.

These Comp Jet Circle Racing boats are severe duty marine applications where they are on a closed circuit, coming out of hard corners pretty much at WOT, and often chasing the lead boat over the wakes and rollers.

Sometimes engine parts break; rods break, valves break, springs break, etc, regardless of engine brand or part. This particular racing application is indeed a pretty harsh one on the engines but there are Fords out there running seasons without Melling pump failures. But as in racing, sometimes....

Paul

Thank you Paul for the call. I think by adding a brace from the #2 main cap to the pump it could reduce the chance of this happening to me. I may also add another strap for the pick-up tube on #3. As Paul said we beat the shit out of these engines and boats putting on one hell of a show. If anyone has time and in the area of Parker AZ April 16th come on out to the BlueWater Casino.

Jim,
If you want to stay with a cast pump, you are on the right track with two braces. My 514 wet sump engine experienced a broken pump and I added a brace to #2. several years later, during a freshen-up, I found a cracked mounting flange (at the block) and added the second brace that goes to the pickup bolt.
Basically, it is braced in two directions, and has been fine ever since.
I believe that Paul's pumps are spot faced and "cleaned up" at the mounting bolt area, to allow a machined surface for the bolts to seat against. That is also important. I recall his pump refinements to look very nice.
Thanks,
Keith

Try a Kaase Pump. Its much heavier duty than the Melling.