[DeTomaso] oiling main mods

[Will Kooiman]

I think it helps, but also isn¹t needed for most of us.

I saw a compelling dyno test several years ago that tapped the oil
passages several places, and you could definitely see a drop in pressure.
The front-to-back line equalizes the pressure.  That¹s all.

It isn¹t robbing the front of the engine, because the pressure valve in
the oil pump bypasses any excess anyway.  With the oil-mod, you¹re just
bypassing a little less.

But, and there¹s always a butt.  Unless you¹re pushing your engine hard,
the part of the engine that is ³starved² without the mod, probably has
enough pressure anyway.

If you¹re pushing your engine hard (racing, not passing a Prius on the
highway), do it.  Mike Frasier broke a camshaft at one of the road races.
Was it because his camshaft was starved of oil and it seized?  I don¹t
recall the failure analysis.

But do a proper Pantera oil pan first, and then probably an accumulator,
and lastly the front-to-back line.


On 5/31/17, 12:45 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of bill gaino"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:

>I also did the mod and now i have an oil leak where I tapped in the front
>of motor, more oil coolers and more external filters are MORE places for
>leaks or hose failure, remember the rule... KISS    Bill 1362
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: B Hower via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
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>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] oiling main mods
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>>   I have the modification ... no proof that it works.
>>
>>   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
>>   ! )
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>>   From: "goodwinpantera at comcast.net" <goodwinpantera at comcast.net>
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>>   Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:21 PM
>>   Subject: [DeTomaso] oiling main mods
>>     I was looking on ebay and there is a kit to direct oil from the
>>front
>>     of the block near the oil pump to the back of the block to force
>>feed
>>   4
>>     and 5 main and rod journals and adequately oil them. Has anybody
>>     performed this modification and does it work?
>>     Cheers, Dave Goodwin
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