Oil is mission critical.
an evolution.
This one is a little different. It’s an oil pump housing utilized in some very popular K swap kits to solve interference issues between the original oil pump and subframes/steering racks. I wasn’t involved in the initial design of this system at all. I came in after there were some notable failures of the original design and complaints from customers about fitment of the parts. This redesign incorporates a more robust sealing strategy, an additional degree of freedom at the pump housing to pickup tube interface to combat fitment issues and vibration, and still packages neatly within the confines of the original design. It retains complete compatibility with legacy oil pans, reduces parts count, and is manufactured on the same work holding as the originals.
All the upside, none of the headache.
The bore seal takes sealing out of end user’s hands. No longer must bolts be tight to generate a seal. If the tube is inserted into the housing, the seal is appropriately compressed. The bolt simply retains the pickup to the housing.
This design reduces the catalog to a single oil pump housing for all swap platforms. Instead of platform specific options, this redesign shares critical dimensions with the most compact version, meaning only the pickup tube needs to be application-specific. A common housing across all applications means less stocking issues, more streamlined manufacturing, and easier troubleshooting.
Reliability and simplicty.
To address quality issues with the outsourced pickup tube assemblies from the previous iteration of this system, manufacturing was moved entirely in house. These pickup tubes make use of bends sourced from an aerospace supplier to guarantee consistency, laser cut brackets, CNC turned end fittings, and a press formed pickup housing that incorporates spacer tabs to prevent it being compressed against the bottom of the oil pan in the event of pan damage.
