[DeTomaso] Oil Restrictors Question

[sean mundy]

Will, I have the baffled oil pan already so thats one requirement down.  
I read your posts on network54.  Lots of information there!
Most concerns I read there seems to revolve around restricting oil to hydro lifters but my 
mind started to melt after trying to get past that item.
 

> From: will.kooiman at gmail.com
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Oil Restrictors Question
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:57:50 -0500
> 
> You have to decide who you want to trust. That's the problem. We can't
> tell you.
> 
> 1. If you have a roller cam, you need to make sure the oil port doesn't
> come out of the lifter bore. Otherwise, you'll have a loss of oil pressure
> at full lift.
> 
> 2. I like the Moroso restrictors, but I don't think they are mandatory.
> 
> 3. A proper baffled pan is a requirement.
> 
> 4. I like the front to back oiling line, but I don't consider it mandatory.
> 
> 5. I did a mod described on the network54 forum where you put a restrictor
> in the #1 cam journal by tapping from the cam down. You put a plug in the
> crank journal side. I can't describe it here. There's a picture that helps
> a lot. This mod is not required.
> 
> 6. Install the cam bearing as far forward as possible. Installing it far
> forward keeps it from leaking a lot of pressure onto the cam gear. This mod
> is not required.
> 
> 7. There is a mod where you drill a hole in a plug to provide a steady
> stream of oil onto the distributor gear. I did not do this mod, but I think
> it is a good one.
> 
> 8. Some people use grooved bearings for top and bottom on the crank or
> something like that. It is supposed to help.
> 
> 9. Some bush the lifter bores. This is probably worthwhile, especially if
> you have a roller cam. I don't consider it mandatory, though.
> 
> So, the only mod that is really required is a proper baffled pan - in my
> opinion.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Ken Green
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:48 PM
> To: sean mundy; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil Restrictors Question
> 
> As a more direct approach, if someone has a Cleveland with the pan off, just
> measure the distance from where the tube enters the block to the lowest
> point of the crank throws and compare that to the corresponding dimension of
> the dip stick and tube?
>  
> Ken
> 
> From: sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:30 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Oil Restrictors Question
> 
> 
> This has got to be the most confusing topic I've run into in my quest to
> build a 408c.  
> After spending many hours on various forums I am totally befuddled by the
> massive amounts of conflicting and differing recommendations.  
> I could blow up the engine with them, or without them.  At this point I wish
> I had never heard about oil restrictors!!!! 
> The plan for my 408 was to use roller cam/lifters/rockers.  
> I'm sure many of you have run into the same dilemma.
> Whom do you trust or believe?
> Thanks, Sean                         
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