460 oiling question

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

Curt wrote:Being that it is a 605ci, I'm guessing it's not a stock block. The aftermarket blocks oil well, when properly set up with the correct gallery restrictor.

Curt wrote:I know, it is in his follow up to the first response.

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read where it was just all around better for the motor. i have a 605 w c-heads 16.5 to1 single carb right now but i'm converting it to dual carbs and a single stage fogger...thanks eric

rmcomprandy wrote:

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

The only worthwhile improvement to the stock production oiling system within a regular block is to drill the main passageway larger and install lifter bushings on the passenger side.
NOT very cost effective unless you NEED every last bit of oiling help.

jts557 wrote:

rmcomprandy wrote:

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

The only worthwhile improvement to the stock production oiling system within a regular block is to drill the main passageway larger and install lifter bushings on the passenger side.
NOT very cost effective unless you NEED every last bit of oiling help.

That is what the guy who tore my motor apart wanted to do IF i ran a stock block witch i have decided
against .Someone told me on here that was wrong i believe.Anyway just for info reasons he told me he found
a kit on the net for about 250 .00 to bush them.Although he is very very knowlagable about machining
i would not try it .I think about 850 you start pushing the block esp the oiling and mains .Just what\
i kinda figured out But i am not a engine guy at all.

bbf-falcon wrote:over 7k is not needed in most applications imo

bbf-falcon wrote:over 7k is not needed in most applications imo

rmcomprandy wrote:

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

The only worthwhile improvement to the stock production oiling system within a regular block is to drill the main passageway larger and install lifter bushings on the passenger side.
NOT very cost effective unless you NEED every last bit of oiling help.

bbf-falcon wrote:over 7k is not needed in most applications imo

LivermoreDave wrote:

rmcomprandy wrote:

fatal addiction wrote:i thought i read somewhere that u could drill in the block and run a copper tube to help oil the front of the motor is this right? just lookin to get better oiling i've never had any prob. but have the motor tore down and would like to do it now while it's apart...thanks eric

The only worthwhile improvement to the stock production oiling system within a regular block is to drill the main passageway larger and install lifter bushings on the passenger side.
NOT very cost effective unless you NEED every last bit of oiling help.

..... or/and as Randy mentioned, also ask yourself why would an engine as the Ford 385 with the oil pump at the front of the engine need oiling help up-front when that area gets a dose of oil first! What about the so-called band-aid oil line to the rear of the block at the oil pressure tap at top, to assist with the oiling of the rear area of the engine?

Just another two cents,

Dave, would it be better to run the line for the accumulator to the rear, and put the guage at the front port, just asking.
Dave.

LivermoreDave wrote:Dave I guess that would be an option. Not that I know about these things, but may I offer another view? The Accusump feeds oil when the pressure near the orifice it's attached drops below the Accusump's contained pressure ... does this sound correct? If this is correct, the Accusump would provide oil to that area AFTER a pressure drop. If we route an oil line from the front, side oil pressure orifice which exhibits equal (or very near) pressure as the oil pump produces, would a constant flow of oil to the rear of the engine attached to the fore mentioned orifice be an improvement, without the lack of oil that would "trigger" the Accusump?

As for the gauge location, I would prefer the gauge at a location that would receive the oil later. Not that this is an indication that the front of the engine's oil pressure is better or worse, it just seems the place to monitor oil pressure of the engine discussed simply because it's near the end of the line for the oil!

Just rambling,
Dave.