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VFAST I dont get what your talking about doing to the oil pump. Or why?
And need some help on this oil primer thing?????

87must I have like 155,000 on this engine. I want to get more than that out of the next on. That is why I am asking how to make it stronger and last longer.

Bolts.... whatever can be upgraded, is what I wanna do...so it's worth alll the money and time put into it!

roundman

there are two ways to prime an engine. one is with dummy oil pump drive shaft which takes the place of the distributor, you put it in a drill motor and insert it down to oil pump drive shaft and run the pump until the oil pressure comes up and you see oil coming out of the pushrods onto the rocker arm and valves. this is used when first firing up an engine. you drop the distributor back and then then start the engine and all the bearings have been prelubricated.
the other method is what's called an accumulator system which is a small tank with an air pressurized diaphragm in one end of it that holds some volume of oil under pressure, usually 1.5 or 3 quarts. it is plumbed in line with the main oil pressure line to the engine so if the oil pressure drops, the oil from the accumulator will flow out to the bearings to prevent damage while you shut off the motor. if you install one of these with the optional 12 volts solenoid valve, you can use it to prelube the engine every time you start it up. what you do is run the engine with the valve open to fill up the accumulator and then shut the valve off, trapping the oil in the little tank. next time before you start the engine, you open the valve which then lets the oil flow back into the engine bearings and then you start it up. the whole system will cost around $300 or so depending on where you buy it. summit sells one made by Moroso. my racing friend has the large one on his drag car and uses it just like I described it to protect his engine in case of low oil pressure and to pre-lube it before every start-up.