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| RE: other oiling ideas, block? |
| By McQ - 12/13/2002 12:33:29 AM; IP 63.191.225.132 |
The best advice I think you could get is to make sure that whoever you have do the machine work on your block should be someone knowledgeable, experienced and enthusiastic about working on FEs. Maybe you're not fortunate enough to live by or know someone like this. Do some checking and get some recommendations. Travel if you have to.
Oiling mods generally aren't going to make horsepower but a few simple changes can allow you to safely produce more horsepower at a little higher rpm.
So I'm not going into a lot of details because I think for the usage you've mentioned before extensive oiling mods aren't necessary. Here's what my experienced FE machinist did to my 428CJ block:
He started by drilling & chamfering the opening of the block oil pump passage to 5/8". The rest of this passage that leads to the oil filter adaptor he carefully drilled larger to 1/2". BTW, be sure to use the C8AE oil filter adpator. This is a much improved adaptor over the prior standard ones. It was pretty much common stock on any FE from '68 on.
It's farily common to also restrict the size of the rocker arm stand oil feed hole in each head to .090. This can be done numerous ways. The one I prefer is to tap the hole and then use proper size set screws with the .090 hole drilled the length of the set screw. This keeps oil down where it's useful.
Then my machinist recommended a quality high volume oil pump.
A deep sump oil pan, i.e., Milodon #31130 and correct corresponding screen/pick up tube is a good idea. However for street and occasional drag strip runs a standard Cobra Jet pan always filled with 6 quarts of oil is fine. Ford Racing Parts still offers over the counter two FE pans that are duplicates of the CJ, #M-6675-J390 is chrome; M-6675-K390 is unplated. Oh and don't forget to always run a windage tray as was stock on '69-'70 Cobra Jets, still available again from Ford Racing, #M-6687-A390. I will say that the original CJ windage tray was finished a lot better than these new ones. But a little careful grinding/dressing around the sharp edges is easy to do before installing.
These basic oil mods worked well for my CJ. I ran it fairly hard in three different vehicles. Mostly street with 30 - 40 drag strip passes a year.
Again, based on what you've said you're going to do, I think you're the same Curt? 428/ C-6 in a '66 Fairlane, 3.50 gears? It's my opinion that these mods are all you'll need. Others might offer more extensive mods and I'd enjoy reading about them.
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