Originally posted by jim_howard_pdx
What were you running on the bottom end? Did you use the splayed 4 bolt main caps, did you run a crank scrapper and windage tray, did you run a girdle on the main caps?
Jim, I used an SVO/DSS girdle w/ ARP main studs, stock 2-bolt caps, crank scraper via Moroso pan, no windage tray...
You may want to go toward a Mexican 302 block, or the Ford Racing Block with higher nickle content and the 4 bolt mains. You still need the scraper and the windage tray and the girdle. YOU NEED ALL 4 of these improvements.
...I got the block covered, and I plan on using a windage tray. I was under the impression that a girdle was not necessary on the R302 block.
With the wet oil system we could not exceed 197 mph. This goes to show you just how restriction the oil causes in a racing environment.
I'm going to stay with the wet sump oiling system into the low 9's, and then I'll figure a dry sump system into the equation for the next mill... should I ever get there
Thanks for all of the info...