[DeTomaso] oil restrictors

[Will Kooiman]

>>   i tapped the oil passage between the crank and cam bearing at the front
>>   of the block, and placed a restrictor (with a small hole if I remember
>>   correctly) down in there.  This is all outlined very well on the
>>   network54 cleveland forum and makes a lot of sense.

I did this too.  It was in my numbered list.  I don't think it's mandatory,
but it was easy, and I think it helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Justin Greisberg
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:43 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] oil restrictors


I did a lot of research when I built my cleveland a couple years ago, most
of it was through the internet but i was very critical of what I read.  i
too built a cleveland with roller hydraulic lifters.  here are my
conclusions:
I bought the moroso oil restrictor set

It seems that the modification where you run a line from the oil plug just
above the oil filter to the rear of the block does not serve any purpose.
I had my engine block guy drill a small hole in the oil plug by the
distributor to oil the gear.  Easy to do and no harm.
I chamfered the oil drain back holes in the lifter valley myself - easy to
do, oil drains more quickly.  I guess a high rpm serious motor would not
want oil falling onto the crank to minimize windage, but for the rest of us
this seems good.
i tapped the oil passage between the crank and cam bearing at the front of
the block, and placed a restrictor (with a small hole if I remember
correctly) down in there.  This is all outlined very well on the network54
cleveland forum and makes a lot of sense.
For hydraulic lifters, I am pretty sure you should restrict flow to the
lifters, so if I remember correctly, I did not use those restrictor(s)
I also placed the oil pressure sender above the oil filter instead of at the
back of the block.  maybe this is less valuable oil pressure reading but it
looks nicer hidden away.
Let me know if any questions since I might be remembering something wrong.
I'm using a regular oil pan since I am not racing at all.
My engine runs awesome as is and hasnt blown anything up yet.  only a couple
runs to 6000rpm so far, but it should hold together...
justin
 		 	   		  
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