Reply to "Is this screen too fine of mesh? Opinions?"

I had planned on putting the magnets inside the pan. One is the size of a quarter that I was going to place in the "kill box" right below the pickup, the other I was going to place on the bottom where it was flat, and it takes nearly a prybar to get it unstuck. I figure I'll just let them catch whatever they catch, and when I go through the motor in a year or so I'd clean them then.

I plan on doing oil changes VERY often, there won't be oil old enough to get gunky.

I'm considering going from 20-50 down to 10-40 so the screen won't be an issue with restriction. My oil pressures were really high with the 20-50 so I figure that should be OK.

One thing is for sure. There's bearing bits that have been in and gone through that motor, one piece stopped it dead cold. I am NOT going to allow that to happen again. The only way I see that happening is with screen mesh that's small enough that the roller bearing bits cannot fit through it.

I can envision more roller bearing bits still in the lifter galley, if they wash down, I'm looking at this same failure all over again.

I did a test today, pouring oil through the screen, and it doesn't just fall through the screen, but I figure when it's hot, it should flow through the screen without issue. It just means warm the car up REAL GOOD before driving hard, which is something I have always done in any case.

After owning and racing an air cooled Porsche, I know how long it takes the oil to get up to temp, usually 10-15 minutes. On my gauge, after 180 I figure I'll be good.

If I notice oil pressure loss at high rpm's then I'll have to figure something different out.

I'm looking forward to getting the car back together. It's going to take some time, my neighbor is a busy guy, and I can only do so much, but Snow White will run again, with extra safety measures in place to prevent the same issue from ever happening again.

In a year or so, I plan to rebuild the engine (probably detune it) and the gearbox as well.

I'll be a happy guy when she fires up and I get to give her a good beating.