Oil restrictor size hp500
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What size are the oil restrictors in the hp500s? I've come to the conclusion that my oil foam coming from my breathers is due to the pan being sucked empty with these high volume pumps my builder talked me into. Ran it 6000 for a good couple mins and pulled the throttles back and sure enough I lost oil pressure for a couple seconds. So my question is do I put smaller restrictors in, or stock pumps back in with bigger pans?
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I would not restrict any oil to the top end of the engines. The valvesprings rely on it greatly for cooling, esp an endurance engine. You really don't want to run a HV pump with a stock pan, as you are seeing.
I would go for the larger pans myself. You're getting up there in power level and RPM now.
For what its worth, the HP500 came with standard oil pump, with a smaller steel oil pan, the 500 Bulldog engine, came with an aluminum oil pan with higher capacity and HV pump
I would go for the larger pans myself. You're getting up there in power level and RPM now.
For what its worth, the HP500 came with standard oil pump, with a smaller steel oil pan, the 500 Bulldog engine, came with an aluminum oil pan with higher capacity and HV pump
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