oil bypass to rear of block

No; where exactly is this piece?

Jack,

This is in the "Parts for Sale" section of the PI board, currently a hot topic.

Ken

It is the second item listed under the "parts for Sale" heading on the P.I. website

I did this last week to my car. I just bought all the parts and put it together myself. It works great but if I had to do it again I would buy the kit. The price is reasonable and it would save the multiple trips to the parts places.

OK. This thing is a recreation of what racers used in the '70s when the 351C was new. It works, but I don't recommend running oil lines around external to an engine, simply because of the potential for total engine loss if the line is damaged by snagging on road debris or touches an exhaust header, etc. Anyone who is familiar with motorcycles from the '60s knows what I mean. This mod was designed to cope with very high rpms and high horsepower, more so than one normally runs on the street. There's a good description of it, with photos in Pat Ganahl's book on Ford engines.

Is there any way to do this with a line running through the valley??

But don't oil coolers have the same issue? (i.e., exposed oil lines) And if you run an oil cooler, can't you just run a second return to the oil pressure sender location?

Ken

[This message has been edited by Ken (edited 07-31-2002).]

I have a 351C block that has sleeves installed in the lifter bores which have smaller orfices in them to restrict the oil flow in the top of the engine. Do you think I would benefit from the bypass kit?