Oil starvation issues SBC HELP?

Ed Wright · 03-23-2016, 11:44 AM

I use that pan. Pickup 1/2" off the bottom. No tray (one of the top engine builders in the U.S. recomended leaving it out), have a baffle plate at the back to try to stop oil going up the back at launch. Stewart LOW volume oil pump. 60 psi in the lights, 30psi, warm idle. Warning light set to 20 psi. Bracket/slow down mode: 6qts of 10W30 Valvoline in the pan for "bracket"/slow down mode. Always a 1061 NAPA Gold oil filter. 4 qts of Zero-10wt RP for a tough heads up. Don't usually need it. I often run bearings two seasons, still look like new, sometimes go ahead and change them due to guilt. Have a drawer full of new looking used bearings.

03-23-2016, 11:44 AM	#27
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Oil starvation issues SBC HELP? I use that pan. Pickup 1/2" off the bottom. No tray (one of the top engine builders in the U.S. recomended leaving it out), have a baffle plate at the back to try to stop oil going up the back at launch. Stewart LOW volume oil pump. 60 psi in the lights, 30psi, warm idle. Warning light set to 20 psi. Bracket/slow down mode: 6qts of 10W30 Valvoline in the pan for "bracket"/slow down mode. Always a 1061 NAPA Gold oil filter. 4 qts of Zero-10wt RP for a tough heads up. Don't usually need it. I often run bearings two seasons, still look like new, sometimes go ahead and change them due to guilt. Have a drawer full of new looking used bearings. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA