[DeTomaso] Remote oil filter setup

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Wouldn't a high pressure pump make more sense than a high volume pump to compensate for inline losses?

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Remote oil filter setup


> Expanding on the posts so far, I also suggest that if one is running remote 
> oil filter(s) WITH an oil heat exchanger, all on external oil lines that 
> may not be real Aeroquip, you install and run your rig and carefully monitor 
> oil pressure at the rear of the block. This is the stock place and gives you 
> worst-case oil pressure after all the bearings etc. I would also use an 
> accurate (i.e- non-stock) pressure gauge. With some rigs, it may pay to change 
> your oil pump to a high volume pump to compensate for pumping losses through 
> many feet of external hose and the two devices which are built with 
> right-angle fittings. This is really the only reason to run a non-stock 351-C oil 
> pump I can think of, short of going dry-sump. 
> With my rig, the all-Aeroquip lines are short enough, and have real teflon 
> inners so line friction is not an issue; my oil pressure with a completely 
> stock pump is virtually the same as without the add-ons, even after many 
> hours of hi-speed highway driving. But YMMV- J Deryke
> 
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