full flow question, anyone make a filter blockoff plate with fitting? Options

[Aaron Cox]

hey all!

fullflowing question.

i have a 38mm pump (yes 38mm) with gears supported by both sides, and a regular cover plate on it. (cant find manufacturer - got it from steve stromberg :cringe: ) i do not know the pump manufacturer, so thus i cannot get a full flow cover for it. i like the larger pump because i have a front cooler and -10 lines.

i want to full flow my motor....
so the passage from the pump that goes diagonally upwards toward the filter and 1st galley plug....
i could tap that galley with an elbow to EXIT the case and go to a remote filter... and come back into the case through the standard galley plug next to it....

but my question- to make it more simple.... and not require two elbows out of the case...

does anyone make a filter blockoff plate with an AN fitting in the bottom passage? thus i would not have to use a second elbow-

[jwalters]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Aaron, you would be better off plugging both holes and going with a full flow pump cover and then back into the main galley case with the big elbow - The holes you are referring are way too small to support the fluid motility the pump is able to produce - this will lead to greatly exaceberated friction and heat, not to mention inability to support the flow. You would actually be heating the oil very much BEFORE it even goes into the galleys which would tax an already taxed stock cooler.

Trying to push that much oil thru those tiny holes would give a temperature rise of (about or around) 70-100 degrees, in addition to sapping energy and inviting foaming - WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much !!!

If you are already running 180 degree oil + 100 (worst case) = disaster!!!

Pump it all directly into the main galley - I would also TEE it off from the main and back INTO the #1 bearing plug on the opposite side of crank snout. Jegs and summit and aircraft spruce and specialty carry the required AN fittings for very cheap. This way the volume has somewhere to go and the number 1-2 bearings' life is exponentially enhanced!!! I was going to do that with nandos, but he went with the low volume shadeck pump and it was unnecessary - Shim the cam pressure relief about 1/8 inch, shim the cooler relief abuot a 1/16th - this will help pump more oil up to the valvetrain also......