02-14-2010, 10:08 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 86 Everett Morrison 90" WB. 428 FE
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Point well taken. 
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Originally Posted by Gunner
If your pressure is good according to the sort of consensus Patrick posted - which is in line with my general experience with big Ford engines - I wouldn't bother boosting the oil pump capacity. A standard pump (of the PI or CJ level) on a tight engine is plenty. When you go to the high vol/high pressure pumps, you're wasting HP to drive it, risking distributor drive gear shear, and not gaining a whole lot except bragging rights. |
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