Oil Squirters, In the valve covers...How do ya do it? Options

[Britain Smith]

So I am running Pauter roller rockers on my turbo motor and there has been some concerns raised by Jake Raby and Charles Navarro about them failing because they are not self-oiling. Does anyone have any information or pictures on installing a set of oil squirters in the valve covers to lubricate the rockers? Where would be the best place to tap into the engine's oil system? What kind or nozzles do you run and how much oil should be routed to them? These are just a couple of questions that I have...I am sure that more will come up as the discussion begins.

-Britain

[Brett W]

You need to get some very small tubing. I guess you could use brake line if you are running steel valve covers and run it the length of each valve cover on the inside. and out one end. You will need to weld it to the underside of each valve cover. You will also have to add a small AN fitting to the outside of the rocker cover. 3-4 AN should work OK. Then you will need to drill some very small holes in the tubing in line with each of the rockers. I would start with nothing larger than .020 and run it and see what happens. I would pull oil from a source right after the pump. Maybe a small T-fitting off the pressure side of the pump.

These are roller rockers so they don't need lots of oil. What happens to the oil being carried up the pushrods? I would also add some extentions to feed the springs as well.