Pat
You are correct, that is similar to another good method of avoiding start-up wear (or instant failure) on a race engine, so why not on the street?
Install an ignition cut-off switch, click over with zero throttle for a few seconds, watch the
oil pressure move upwards, wait a little more, let it splash a bit, throw the ignition on and Voila! you have dodged MOST of the wear, particularly ring wear.
But, a proper Accusump is so much better.
Bill
Yep, electric pumps would be fine on a pre-oiler (but certainly NOT as the primary
oil system), but I still worry a little about the reliability of extra hoses routing around the engine bay and cheap electric pumps with sintered or rubber-like cheap pump vanes. How much money do you have in your engine that you can afford to risk?
But, perhaps you have the craftsman's skills to engineer this up Bristol-like and the risk is quite minimal.
Good luck.