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How can I order the barbell delete for the ls

Where would you find the stitch pins that break off?

Do you guys have a facebook or website? Im in australia qnd chasing one of your kits... how can i order?

Sounds like a good way to smoke an engine if that plug moves and blocks off your oil passage.

I've watched lots of these videos. I have a sneaking suspicion that the barbell is intentionally designed to leak a little bit probably as a safety for if the filter gets clogged. Even if a small amount leaks around it, do the math. Even if 5% leaks through, the next time around you have 5% of 5% and you can see it wouldn't matter. All these attempts to "fix" this "problem" would be defeating an intentional safety feature of the engine. I have not seem anyone float this theory yet in any video I've watched. There is a definite reason this barbell was designed the way it was, or it wouldn't be there.

That just what my buddy needs to increase oil flow how fast can we get a set or 2.lets us know where we can order it from thanks for sharing.

Would if it shifts ?

Installation video? Short!? Link in description? 😅

Steel and aluminium shrink and expand at different rates and different heat ranges. Slapping that aluminium plug into an aluminium block wouldn't present any issues other than if possibly over pressure moving the plug. Aluminium plug in steel block, that's a different story as over time that plug will 'stretch' as it's expanding/contracting and meeting resistance. Sorta like rolling dough by hand, the plug will thin out and get longer, one day pop loose.

Where can i buy ones

20% increase in oil flow? Really? I want it proven. Before and after with clean oil and filters both ways.

I've also seen people drill the back hole bigger then thead the inner spot for a scew in plug and the outside for a screw in plug. Im sure its not required but seen ot before

I deleted the Oil Filter Bypass on the oil pan for wife's 6.2L Vortec and always wondered why the "DUMB" bell existed when you can just seal the passage and unrestrict the clean oil flow. About to rebuild my L59 5.3L and THIS plug is going in. STUPID engineering. Like AFM (even dumber). Ha, GM has Dumb & Dumber. BUT LOVE THE LS and simplicity otherwise. If you use quality oil and filter (wix) and change regularly, these bypass pieces are unnecessary.

Too much crap to do and just a 1% assurance that the machines slug won’t move. The 60+ psi any melling pump provide will flow around the 3mm center section of the billet barbell

This is a genius idea. They should have come from the factory like that. The plastic bar bell always seemed so jenky to me. I did the aluminum barbell when I had my motor apart and it works great for my mostly stock motor. If the motor ever comes out of the truck I’ll be getting this. When I took the plastic one out it was so loose in there I bet a bunch of oil was going right past it unfiltered.

Just use the Aluminum Barbell

The barbell is not decreasing flow. There is nothing to be gained from this except more work if you have to clean that galley later. Waste of time, money and material

In theory it seems like a great idea. 2 things come to mind. 1 what prevents the plug from galling when installing and 2 what about removing for hot tanks or woulx you just allow the chemicals to disolve them?

Why did they not cast it closed? Instead of having to “plug” it off?

If only gm would have focused on heads and not blocks now we stuck with aluminum computer v8 junk.

Im glad i put any and all of my engines together. I 've never been to an engine builder that has engines on the floor

I recently did a AFM delete on a 15 6.2 Silverado. The factory cam thrust plate molded gasket was I believe the whole problem of oil pressure drop that causes lifter failure. I installed a FelPro thrust plate with a much more robust molded gasket than factory. AFM lifter failure is a symptom of loss of oil pressure. BTR cam, LS7 lifters, FelPro cam thrust plate and complete computer delete I now have the engine GM should have released.

Where can I buy this modification an will it work good with my melling high volume pump I already have installed on my 4th gen ls

Gallery or….galley. Hahahaha

That sounds great in theory, but generally when you increase flow, you decrease the pressure. Have you tested this in actual practice and examine the low and high pressures and ran out a motor and tore it back down to examine the journals and bearings?

I totally agree, Its a issue that's not really an issue. 🤧

Did a similar barbell delete a few weeks back...canceled my gym membership 😅

I thiught about putting a drop of red loctite on the plug before driving it in . If can find out where to buy the kit

With all the 90°turns restricting flow that little bar isn't making a difference.

I always use the the Billet Upgrade whenever i build a new engine, and i have had zero problems.

What junk 💯😂 pump belongs in the oil pan and not the Crank 💯 facts LS is just junk 💯

Just a thought- isnt the oil passage on the cam retainer plate a tighter bottleneck for the oil than this section with the barbell stem running through it?

You guys have any oil pressure numbers with the barbell compared to with this part? Curious if there’s anything to gauge.

LS MOTORS ARE ALUMINUM BLOCKS NOT CAST IRON!!!!

So you claim a 20% increase in oul flow, but the oul flow is not based on or controlled by the passage size. The oul pump is positive displacement, that means the flow is based on RPM and pump volume, not passage size. Oil pressure is a function of passage size however, but this modification will not increase oil flow one bit unless there is a bypass or pressure relief valve which some LS engines have but not all.

I know a guy who V notches the passage and welds it. .. I'm debating about doing mine..

How much

To contact call 325-692-5261

Can your plug be driven into far and reduce the volume?

So how can get one

Very informative, I’ve built plenty of ls engines now I wish I knew about this years ago 👍😎

Would corrosion be a problem between the dissimilar metals over the long term?

Salute! A man who never stops pursuing potential isn't guaranteed success, but man he sure does have better odds, the way I see it!!

Let's see you put one in

Why not just tap that section for a pipe plug? Because that plug you "DRIVE IN" can come loose, it is theoretically possible... I'd also take a drill bit, slightly bigger not much than that oil galley and go down the whole thing and make it straight for better oil flow like SBC GEN 1 guys do theirs, even enlarge it and the main feed holes as well. Just some food for thought.

Looks like the engineer did a oh no

Wouldn't this expand and crack the block eventually? Or would that never get that hot in there. Honest question, because I think the oring on the billet barbell accounts for some at least some thermal expansion

its all about the prep work done on block

another reason why I love American V8s, and the aftermarket that refines them. over time they improve on the original designs, and we all benefit from it. Thanks for the video!

It seems like the filter would restrict the oil flow more than that barbell would. But anyhoo the plastic ones last a long time. I just replaced a rear main seal and put in a billet barbell in a 4.8 with 425k miles. The barbell looked fine