I always polish the oil returns on ANY head. Doesn't matter what it is. Once the oil splashes over the vale,rocker. Its next job is to get back to the pan ASAP Some engines. have deficiencies here and even benefit from external lines. I'd be surprised it the 196 needed much help. What rpm is that going to twist to? Good oil,good filter, maybe a high mount low oil pressure light. Just till get a feel for any issues. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 09:12:04 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] IT RUNS. On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Instead of shimming the cap screw on the relief valve why don't you put a > thicker gasket on the oil pump cover? Since you improved it so much, might > be wise to "unimprove" it! Easy as changing the gasket. The pump won't come > out with the engine in, but the cover will come off. > I'm fine with the close-tolerance pump. Too much oil flow I can deal with elsewhere if it's an issue, like re-teeing the head as you say and draining oil back to the crank case. Otherwise extended driving at freeway speeds may put oil in the head faster > than it can drain back. Won't be a problem except on long drives. I remember > having more valve cover leakage on long drives (between Warner-Robins, GA, > and Elgin, IL -- 18 hour trips sometimes made all in one day, 65-70 most of > the way). I can see how it would get more oil than needed, but faster than it can drain? There's like 12 1/2" drainback holes in the casting, and the feed is a 1/8" line? But it could be excessive at speed, but with excess pump capacity I have room to tweak it should I see evidence of problems. I want one of those fan controllers!! The only thing is I need two inputs. Second input would be simple. Maybe Glen Hoag wants to make them? I don't... :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100508/94915557/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com