Question for the FE know it alls

[Barry_R]

Rod side clearance is always much larger than the bearing clearance - and thus does not control or limit oil movement through the engine. It will to a certain extent change the spray pattern of oil from the bearings into the crankcase.

[vxurazz]

While I dont plan to make a living at it...I would like to race the car from time to time.

I had the chance to really look over a cobra this past weekend and it had a
small block, and the bottom of the oil pan seemed to be around 4 or so inches off the ground....which leads me to..

I have a job that requires me to move every couple of years, and you never know what road conditions will be like. If I lived in the same place from year to year I could learn where I could and couldn't go....and the town I'm located now, the roads suck, to put it nicely. And it seems that speed bumps are dependent on how the road construction team feels that day about how much asphalt they want to use.

So it just seemed like 1 avenue to fix day to day driving and clearance issues and that road racing the car is a deffinate.

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[RICK LAKE]

vxurazz J there are a couple of things you can do to have both the car for track and street. The easiest is 2 sets of tires. 15" tall tires for the street with a higher side wall size like a 70 or 78 series. For the track you are looking at 17"-18" tires with a 35 series side wall. This will raise and lower the car about 2". That should clear any high center street in your town. If you wan the car to really handle better, you will be changing the spring and shock package also. I guess the dry sump thing has been answered. Avivad sells a complete system for the small and big block ford motors. You can get brackets, pumps,tanks, pans, and breathers for your car. They just started maken the correct looking tank that goes in the R/S fender area with the filling cap coming through the body. You may also need an vacuum pump when you go dry sump to get the most out of the system. You need about 8-10 psi vacuum in the motor. With the dry system you will get about another 20-30 HP. The motor will be better oil supplied for high G turns. Rick L. Ps If you don't mind the wet sump system, add a accusump to the oiling system with a 3 quart tank. This will maintain oil pressure on high G turns and work as a per oiler before starting the motor every time. 80% of motor wear is at startup. I run this added system on my car. Has saved the motor twice with rocker failures.