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| Oil mods |
| By Ross - 01/03/2001 11:07:28 AM; IP 64.12.101.162 |
I sent this directly to John, but figured some of the other guys might like to use (or attack) it. So here it is
These are the mods I do to FE's, knock on wood, never an oiling problem yet. This assumes 2 things. Good alignment of the mains, and good cam bearings. Also be absolutely certain you prelube the motor for fire up. What I do is assemble using a mix of STP oil treatment and oil on all the bearings, hand pump the mixture through the oil pump, them prime it with a drill just before fire up and continue to prime until I see some oil bleed by a rocker, dont need much, but once its there its everywhere.
1. Open passage from pump to filter housing to 1/2 inch. Can be done by hand, drill follows stock hole very easy.
2. Bevel holes on each end of galley if needed for no step in direction of oil flow.
3. Run 68 or newer filter housing, its revised and has bigger holes. Any 68 or newer, even 360 trucks
4. Match main feeds to each bearing, usually FE's have multiple holes so its not a problem
5. Run on the loose side of tolerance for rod side clearance
6. 2.5 or so for mains and rod brg cleance (I like middle of road, stock clearance)
7. Bevel oil feeds in crank, just clean up, if desired small notch when beveling toward backside of rotation for oil "drag"
8. Beneath rocker stand with oil feed, press in small alum rod (approx 1/4 inch dia) and drill .090 hole to restrict rockers, also used Holley jets, cable nuts with screw removed, or anything else I could stuff in there :) (Street car its still OK, too much oil goes there, really, FE's dont like to return oil fast enough, plus mains are fed second, this will force more to mains)
9. Clean up all flash in block to allow quick return to pan
10. HV pump may empty pan on hard accel consider baffled pan
11. Run a HD drive from Ford Motorsports or FPP
Standard FE mods, I do it on everything from trucks to my 427 |
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