[Reed Granrt]

Please dont shoot the messenger just cause he has an opinion. I havent used oil restrictors for at least 5 years. I let all the oil go to the upstairs and cool the springs. I then spend a great deal of time making sure that I can return all the oil to the pan as quickly as possible. I polish every area and enlarge all that I can. Especially look at the area on the block just under the return holes from the head. I do not use any wire screens as I have found that they restrict the oil flow. I drill a .312 hole at the rear pan area in the block to redirect flow down the drivers side to keep it off the crank. In my humble opinion, oil is just as much a coolant as water is, so I channel it to where I want it to go. I also run a deflector pan under the intake to keep oil off the intake and to keep lifter from popping out if I break a push rod. Dont break many using .120 wall 7/16 any moe. I try to use a valve spring that does not have interference between the inner and outer springs and or dampner (if I can stay out of surge or harmonics). Both contribute to heat and shortened valve spring life and hotter oil. Boy I am glad I brought this up so yall can holler at me for my beliefs but I already heard most of it from my x-wivessss so I can take it--I think,
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