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Originally Posted by GTSDart
That's great input. In using the crossover tube. I will be using it in conjunction with the blocked off left gallery. The left gallery will now feed the #1 main shortening the path of the gauntlet feeding from the right side
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Now with a flat tappet cam will there be enough splash oiling for the blocked off left side lifters? I would imagine the right bank would spray oil on to these lifters too... ??
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Just to clarify, the left (drivers side) galley is blocked off with a pipe plug in the feed passage at the #1 main bearing bore. Some people push a plug past the feed passage in the front of the galley under the cam thrust plate. But the plate isn't sealed to the face of the block and is another potential leak. Plugging at the bearing eliminates all of that. A crossover or direct bypass to the front of the right (pass side) galley is used in parallel with the galley and run from the very rear to the very front of the galley under the intake. This ensures that galley is fed equally well at both ends, and that the crank is oiled at the front as well. Plenty of oil being slung to oil lifters with the tubes or bushings. If the rocker gear requires pushrod oiling, the bushings can be drilled to provide that to the lifters and the left galley will have to remain fed from a crossover under the intake. Oil running to the cam from the main saddles still needs to be controlled to keep it on the crank..
The biggest problem I've had with pans is keeping the pickup submerged on deceleration. Different baffles and fixes were tried with varying success (or lack of it). I finally decided that an accusump, if allowed, or cutting the engine with a clean neutral was the best solution to that problem.