Thread: New guy with an oil pressure question!!!! HELP

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My quesiton would be the same as Techinspector's-whose Pan and Pickup do you have on your 454? Did you verify Pickup depth? What is your clearance on the Mains and Rods? Oil control is often overlooked by many, and it is something to keep you eye on-btw, good for you to watch it, as it's easy to get caught up in the moment when you have the pedal down!

My engine builder had this same type of problem (which is why I went to an Engine Builder in the first place-experience matters!)-I originally bought a nice Moroso kick-out Pan and Pickup, but it wouldn't fit with my Headers (anybody need a new Pan/Pickup for a 502? )-anyway, I finally found a B&B Pan that would fit (it was a Steel one btw-I don't like Aluminum Pans on the street with my old feeble eyes) and when he got the Pan he modified it-you can see from the pictures that while the Pan originally came with baffles and a trap door that it would not control the slosh, and he also changed the pickup-it worked, and with a Melling select Pump it pulled 60+ psi from 4000-6400 rpm-

(I hope these pictures don't come out too big!)