Davis, Don't bother to respond to my prior post about the AMC oiling fixs for race engines, once again I should have read through all the posts before I posted anything. I would have found the answer. thanks to you and to Bill for coming up with some great parts and ideas. Armand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Davis, you ASKED why and > > > To begin this response I would like to say that the AMC oiling system > doesn't really need fixing.......it works just fine for what it was designed > to do. There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of AMC engines, with > very high street miles on them. Sure some, probably even a lot of them did > fail, but so do engines from all manufacturers. It only appears to manifest > itself as a problem if one desires to race AMC engines. So we need to modify > them just like all other manufactured engines need modifications for > sustained racing purposes. > > Having said that........ > > Davis, > > Now you got something there I really want to pick your brain over. If the > problem of AMC racing engines really is in the oil return from the heads, > what is your suggestion for solving that problem?? > > and what other horrid AMC oiling problems are there?? the lack of oil to > the rear mains, and sometimes into the distributor gears? > What else? > thanks, > Armand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Davis Martin" <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amxron@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." > <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:35 PM > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Davis, you ASKED why and > > > > Ron, I konw I asked. We all have our opinions. I accept yours and have not > said you were wrong. I am the one that makes the more effecient oil pump for > the AMC v-8. I have not used any other oil mods outside of the new pump and > a deep sump Milodon pan. We have not had a bearing falure in the 16 or so > years we have been using the new pump. I do not road race but I do drive my > 10 sec gremlin on the street as often as I can > > Everyone has their own ideas and theorys on how to fix the amc oil > system. This is just our experience on what has worked for us. I believe > 90% of the problem stems from poor drain back from the heads. > > Davis Martin > > Amc Team Racing > > > > amxron@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I told you. Some people want that extra margin on HIGH hp engines and > the > > extra power from a more efficent oil pump. If you are not one of them it's > > ok. If it's legal for class and they want it I say good for them AMC > blocks > > are getting scarcer every day. > > P/S I can't use one in class but, would if it were legal. > > > > > > amxron > > 70 AMX > > 70 Hornet > > 78 FSJ Wagoneer > > Fleet&JEEP Mgr > > Orbit/AMC-JEEP 50-1787 > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080501/58d3785d/attachment.htm > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1410 - Release Date: 5/1/08 > 5:30 PM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1410 - Release Date: 5/1/08 5:30 PM > > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list