Armand, Thanks. There are more folks making great products for our AMC's now then there was 10 years ago. Who would have though AMC would become so popular 21 years after their doors closed? Davis Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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" To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." 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" > To: ; "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080502/951299e9/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list