59 V8 rebuild, no oil pressure

[Scotty's 52 F3]

Please forgive me if this is a stupid newby question. I see there is a .060 orifice in the 8BA oil fitting to the stock filter. Would there be any benefit to running a high flow pump and a bigger orifice to get more flow through the filter and maintain engine oil pressure?

To circulate more oil through the filter?

Scott

[tubman]

I don't know if it would work, but it is an interesting question that should be asked. An 80 lb pump and a .080 orifice? Don't know; just thinking aloud. Is the 80 lb pump a high volume pump? It would make a difference.

[Scotty's 52 F3]

My thought is if a high volume pump is not needed, it would just put the extra volume over a relief valve creating heat and wasting power.

So instead of pumping it over a relief, put the additional flow through the stock bypass filter.

Like I said, I'm a newb to Flatheads but not to mechanics. Just a thought and I'm sorry if this is old news. I need to rebuild my engine in the near future and I'm considering all my options.

Scott

[d.j. moordigian]

Originally Posted by d.j. moordigian

BINGO!
Also,..make sure that the plug, that separates the oil,(in the diagram) is in there, through the horizontal hole is in there!
Dudley

Okay,..I screwed up,...re-looked at the photo again.
I do agree about the "air lock" with were the filter is mounted,..BUT, the
port that comes from the oil pump(original) has to be plugged,...correct !

[flatheadmurre]

I´ve been thinking about the full/bypass filter for a while and i really like the filtration of a bypass but would like the oil going into the engine to be free of any measurable size leftovers...
So my thinking goes to replacing the oilpickup screen with a steelmesh suctionfilter intended for hydraulic pumps...just have to find out how bad it will behave on a real cold morning startup.
Anything i missed making this aproach a no no ?
Sorry for going off the topic a bit...

[JSeery]

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Originally Posted by d.j. moordigian

Okay,..I screwed up,...re-looked at the photo again.
I do agree about the "air lock" with were the filter is mounted,..BUT, the
port that comes from the oil pump(original) has to be plugged,...correct !

Believe the oil passage is pluged in the oil pump itself and not the block. There are several previous post in this thread about how it is done.

#44 & #50 are two.