Power vs reliability
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Good thread. I cringe when I see someone cruising like 2500. I never run less than 3500 but like to be closer to 4k. I don't think twice about running upper 4s for an hour or more. Just home brew blower motors.
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Interested in how you made your piston oilers
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you can drill the big end of the connecting rod to shoot at the bottom of the piston.you could also w/ some work cut in diesel squirters or maybe some one makes them for the bbc.w/ enough time and money,,anything can be done.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]538336[/ATTACH] Better than most I have seen in a big block. Never looses oil to the piston. First time I posted a picture of this. And they shut off under 50lbs of oil pressure and don't restrict once they are open.
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Dart offers a piston oiler option in their blocks, they drill thru the main saddle up thru the upper webbing. There they drill and tap and screw in a squirter.
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I run them and also spring oilers on my wet sumps, but I do use a titan pump. No oil pressure problems.
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Thanks for the picture and information. I build larger CAT motors, and Im very familiar with the way it works on them. I've always thought it would be a good thing to have on a bbc. On cats they don't have any type of restriction or shut off but the oil pumps on these motors are massive, I guess they can easily overcome the oil loss. If you don't mind me asking how did you control them to shut off below 50 psi?
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Thanks for the picture and information. I build larger CAT motors, and Im very familiar with the way it works on them. I've always thought it would be a good thing to have on a bbc. On cats they don't have any type of restriction or shut off but the oil pumps on these motors are massive, I guess they can easily overcome the oil loss. If you don't mind me asking how did you control them to shut off below 50 psi?