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Old 05-03-2004, 03:57 PM
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Clois,

A baffled oil pan won't do it; it needs to have trap doors in it.

Also, if you see the oil pressure drop, its too late. The pump has sucked air and if the engine doesn't blow up, there still will be permanent damage.

Last thing - if you are watching the oil pressure guage, you can't be going fast enough. You can be honest with me, I'm not your engine builder.

Bmcmillan

P.S. The high school physics guys are absolutely correct - the oil feels the centripetal force, the valve covers feel the cetrifugal force. In fact I think everybody is correct.
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