SBC Oiling
 

Freshening my 350/287 hp motor and the oil pan that was on it looks like a Milodon with a trap door and baffle on the passenger side. I have a 1965 Corvette oil pan and pickup with windage tray, crank scraper and oil pump plate that sandwiches betwwen the pump and rear main cap. Mellings HV oil pump too. Any recomendations on which pan and wether to use the scraper or windage tray (Corvette original too) and also feelings on the lifter valley shield.
Thanks in advance
Rich Boyle

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I would not put that high volume pump in it.
The SBC is the last engine that would need one.

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Standard volume high pressure. Mellings make's billet or standard. Make sure to get the correct pickup.

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The Melling 10553 is a good pump STD Volume High Pressure or the 10552 is a 10 % more volume pump which is a pump Ii use a lot of.

I never use a 25 more volume pump.

It really depends where all your clearances are !!!!

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a scraper custom fit to the crank is worth the effort. the bigger the pan the better. corvettes pan and its trap door is great. be safe with the amount of oil. lifter valley tray to keep the hot oil off the intake.

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As well, consider working on controlled oil return to the pan.

Steve Teeter STK 6380

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Standard stock as a rock oil pump. It's all you need in a sbc.

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What are your feelings about leaving the gallery plug above oil filter out?:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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There ya go! I never used high pressure. 45/50 is plenty if everything else is right.
I have run 40 psi for years. I have a rear main cap, tapped for a hose to an oil pressure gauge for testing pressure. I just drop the pump into my parts washer, hooked to an electric drill. What I see there is always what I see in the car.

I have one of Allen Sherman Sr's low volume pumps in mine right now.

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That would be a good thing, It would make a mess in a hurry !!!

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I just installed a new set of steel caps(replaced the burned up set) and line bored the block as well as going another .010 oversize to rid the cylinder walls of scratches. Someone tried to use the newest speed trick of leaving that plug out. I think he broke the cam in at the shop and then hot lapped. It ran the heat race and it didn't make the full 25 laps of the main. Man, the filter was real clean when I cut it open.

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Had a circle track engine come in years ago to the engine apart the crank was not all that bad but was concerned about the scratches on the journals only to find the plug was missing under the rear main cap. The crank polished up fine, But it could have been worse.

Also rebuilt an old 283 from back in the early 60 and back then the oil filter was an option the engine had over 60000 miles on it but the crank was not as bad as I thought it would be. I did get rid of the big welch plug the covered where the filter went on and put a plugged oil filter adapter on.

How many people say you will not have oil pressure if you leave that plug out, LOL

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Has anyone tried the melling shark tooth pump. They claim it’s takes less h.p. To turn.

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I have a lot of experience with this........do NOT use a high volume oil pump.....high pressure yes. Restrict top end as much as practical.

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My experience, I worked for a engine shop that did nascar oil pan study for chevrolet , for GM,,,, the best oilpan is NO oilpan,,, anything scraper wise and or windage tray wise was ALWAYS worse your better off figuring out how much oil you can get away with,,, out of the pan. period

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Stock Eliminator engines have certain limitations as to how far away you can keep the oil. I don't know about NASCAR.