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If you have any further questions, call Aerospace Components at 727-347-9915 or email kimmysgarage@gmail.com! More vacuum pump videos on Kimmys Garage YouTube! I'm running a GZ pump.

Once the pump is mounted, install the mandrill drive onto the harmonic dampener. Usually on the front face of the valve cover, as high as possible, or on the face of the cover pointing at the intake manifold, between rockers. On a truck pull engine, if you mount the vacuum brake on the valve cover with no filter, there will be dirt in the bottom of the oil pan when you rebuild it.

Come join the discussion about racing, builds, pro mods, hot rods, events, turbos, nitrous, superchargers, and more! Everything has to be sealed to use a vacuum pump - where are you saying the leak would be? The slotted part of the mounting bracket should line up with the outer tapped hole of the cylinder head. The one I added inline on my GZ pump was also from Star: If you have it mounted in the valve cover, then essentially you have a vacuum leak. Check the vacuum that the pump is creating. Glorified lube tech @ Peterson Fluid Systems. You then have to cut the -12 AN lines to the correct lengths and hook them up to their respective ports on the vacuum pump (intake and exhaust). I took my vacuum pump off years ago and kicked a field goal with it ,, never again. Take this advice.avoid the Moroso breather tank at all coststhat thing will see more puke than a 17 year old keg party LOL.. Re: Where to install vacuum pump fitting on valve cover ?? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I had my bulider put in the fitting for the pump then hydro dip the valve covers. You have to buy the proper length V-belt to complete the installation and adjust the vacuum pump tension and tighten up the mounting bracket once completed. Left or right, it does not matter. I put mine on front of valve cover up as high as I could. Anybody know who makes a non weld in fitting for the vac gauge line into the valve cover. I drilled and tapped mine, then screwed in a 90* fitting. Either a -3 or -4 for the vac line gauge. All you have to do is bolt the stationary pivot point on the inside of the cylinder head. Check alignment of the V-belt. With the star pump you cant have ANY oil in the pump or it wont pull vacuum. I seen these for the #12 pump inlet. If there's room, a labyrinth is better. Put the relief valve on the pump or where the hose attaches to the line on the valve cover. Kimmys Garage is now looking forward to partnering with you to help promote and sell your product line. The vacuum pump can be installed on either side of the engine. It works very well there. If you are not creating enough vacuum, check for potential leaks. Lets get started. For those who dont want to weld in fittings, or cant weld in fittings these from Moroso are very nice. Star Machine makes a nice baffled non weld fitting that seals with an oring as well. Re: Where to install vacuum pump fitting on valve cover, [color:"red"]65 Hemi Belvedere coming soon [/color], [color:"#00FF00"]557" Indy engine 1.07 60ft 144mph in the 8th 2100 lbs package [/color], Powered by UBB.threads PHP Forum Software 7.7.1. Also do not put your relief valve on the valve cover as when it opens you will suck air and oil through the motor. As you can see, there are mounting holes on all BBC cylinder heads. What?

Put your suction port where you think the least amount of oil will be. Then install the breather tank in a location that suits your engine compartment or chassis. Additionally it feeds cool air to the pump to make it last longer too. 1970 Nova ss pro street under construction. A forum community dedicated to drag racing drivers and enthusiasts. Figured he put one in for the gauge but didnt and dont want to ruin the hydro dip with welding. I like the Star Baffle. Haberkorn's suggestion is what I'm going to change mine out to and use. I just last weekend installed the pickup over the second large rocker holdown at the front of the motor and this solved the issue all together for me. On the opposite front valve cover, you will have to install a relief valve and adjust it accordingly to how much vacuum you want to pull. It must completely obscure (mask) the opening from line-of-sight, and not drain into the aperture path. If you have it there and you are still pulling oil through the system then you have an air leak and as air blows / sucks through the motor it will pull all kinds of oil with it. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Peterson-Fluid-Systems/72277576334, http://www.starvacuumpumps.com/products/STR.06.11.001, VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. I installed the pickup in the very front of my valve cover as per stars instructions and even with the topend restricted it would fill the tank and pump with oil every pass. Some configurations will require spacers or washers for proper alignment. Adjust accordingly. These are a few areas for potential leakage: valve cover gaskets, oil pan gasket, timing chain cover gasket, intake manifold gasket, and around the distributor hole. Start your engine. JavaScript is disabled. This article will go over the details of installing a vacuum pump on a BBC cylinder head. I've had the most success with that orientation. I am running individual shaft mount Jesel Pro rockers with pushrod oiling, so maybe thats why the top of the vc is not working for me? Thinking of using a bulkhead breather as shown vs a bung on the valve cover. I hope this works (I think it will). I'm getting ready to mount my vacuum pump and need to plan hose placement prior to installation. Make sure that the pump is aligned equally with spacers and/or washers as shown in the main pivot bolt. Adjust the V-belt pulley on the mandrill drive to line up with the vacuum pump pulley. To cut down on oil/dirt being pulled through the motor when the valve opens, I removed the one from the valve cover and mounted a different one at the inlet to the pump. You want to put the bung as far forward as you can in the valve cover and pointing towards the carb / throttle body. Also, you will have to cut a hole in the front of your valve cover and attach the aluminum valve cover bung to attach the suction line of the vacuum pump. I am pulling vacuum from a moroso breather AND I have a full size baffle under it as well. That way when it opens it is only letting in air. you may also want to weld in a bung for a vacuum gauge like i have where you guys mount your fittings is less important than how effective the baffle is. This is a slick setup. I have the star pump and tank on my injected alky sb. New build 2021.