Pumping in a Little Additional Safety

[Livernois]

POWERSTORM 3.5L FORD ECOBOOST BILLET OIL PUMP GEARS
PRICE: $369.99
SKU: LPP701141

This Powerstorm product is a billet steel oil pump gears for the Ford 3.5L EcoBoost engines.The oil pumps on the EcoBoost engines including the 3.5L are mounted on the front of the block and driven directly by the crankshaft. This design is OK, but it does subject the oil pump to all the harmonics that the crankshaft sees. The stock oil pumps use weak powdered metal gears in them and they tend to fracture and break when subject to harmonics.

Broken oil pump gears will cause a loss in oil pressure, and when you lose oil pressure serve engine damage can occur. We have seen several cases of .5L EcoBoost engines that have suffered from oil pump failures. Based on this, we strongly recommended these Powerstorm billet oil pump gears be installed before great modifications are added to them. However we do not recommend putting new gears in a worn pump. So if you are adding a methanol, rebuilding or repairing a Ford 3.5L engine we highly recommend you replace the entire oil pump assembly.

 

[mmartin028]

Is this necessary for a 3.5L N/A engine with the Livernois tune?

Or is it just because of the amount of oil the turbos need on the 3.5L EcoBoost?