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Mar 13, 2015 | 05:39 PM

#16

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From: Parker, CO

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Originally Posted by exbxtoy

All good points! Beside the cost of the HPOP, any reason not to upgrade if in fact it is my tuner and not the HPOP?

You mentioned you plan to upgrade the injectors. You need to decide which injectors you are going with BEFORE you decide to upgrade the HPOP. Often times, the stock HPOP is perfectly fine handling aftermarket upgraded injectors, depending on the build.

Stock split shots are naturally oil hungry. If you plan to swap to single shots, they will in most cases use less oil to make more power. Often a stock HPOP is just fine here. If you go with hybrids, they typically use even less, so a stock HPOP will pretty much fuel whatever you need unless you're going for huge power numbers.

The dyno numbers in my sig was put down with a stock HPOP. I can hold 3,000+ psi rock solid without a struggle, and I don't have to deal with the tuning quirks of an aftermarket pump.

Mar 13, 2015 | 08:44 PM

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jhl3

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From: Asheville-where weird is

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Originally Posted by cleatus12r

Some will say yes, some will say no.

I say no, but I'm a huge proponent of stock equipment due to reliability and parts availability. Many "upgrades" provide nothing but problems.

I have never had nor have I spent any appreciable amount of time in a pickup with an aftermarket high pressure oil pump. I've never had the need to own one and I've never had the need to recommend one to somebody.

I agree on the reliability part. I have a work truck that makes money. If the part isn't reliable, I don't want it.

Here is the dilemma though: Some of us are unable to find a quality, reliable, and "affordable" stock HPOP, even reman'd when we search. New OEM equals less than affordable.

So, when a person finds the T-500 for less money than the stock reman and it has a better warranty and offers "better than stock performance", what should we do? Is that smart marketing on TE's part?

Is there a place that sells the replacement HPOP that fits your description when someone does in fact have a HPOP that is about to give up the ghost?

What should someone do when Ford eventually obsoletes this part as it has done, it is more prevalent with e99 parts due to the limited production run on e99 specific parts: no hate, just reality based on fact, and is beginning to do with many others?

Am I missing something?

And yes, I agree that there is a possibility that some may sell things in lieu of writing better code...