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Hi Guys... By now you can see my "unique" application and I am hoping there are a few pilots in here that will totally understand my questions since the Pantera is as close to a plane as you can get. First, if anyone of your friends are curious in how stout a Ford engine is I think my situation should end that debate. For all you guys who run your cars hard or even better, attend track days at places like Daytona, or Sebring or any other race course you know the capabilities of a small block Ford. You get to hold it wide open on the straights for 10-20 seconds and they run for years. On my plane, I get to hold it wide open for 6+ hours straight, then land, fuel up and go another 6+ hours wide open.... Been doing that for 400+ hours. If that doesn't put to rest how strong the SB Ford is I don't know what will...

Ok, here's my question.

During your hard driving, radical cornering and hard braking has anyone actually looked at the oil pressure gauge to see if there is any indication of the oil pick up tube getting unporting and gulping air? In all the pics on this site they all look like wet sump motors just like mine, on a dry sump it would not be an issue because of the amount of oil that's stored in the holding tank.
For the non aviation guys, the motor in my plane does not know where it is and if I fly it in coordinated flight the motor thinks it is in a car.. Oil stays in the bottom of the pan and the fuel stays level in the Holley carb and fuel tanks. I can even do loops and rolls and 90 degree bank turns and as long as I keep it pulling positive G's all is well. My concerns surround the area of level flight and encountering turbulance that will alter the oil being picked up in the pan. The last pic I posted will show where I live and when flying around serious mountains the rough air assocciated with them on windy days can get rather ' western'.. As in, Holy crap,, that was a "fasten your seat belt lit sign" times 10.. Of course during these events I am too busy flying the plane to concentrate on looking at the oil pressure gauge to see if it drops.

Any and all feedback would be highly appreaciated so feel free to post in here, or PM me or even give me some feedback on my website.....

Thanks in advance for all of your comments.

Ben.