"I would NOT recommend the oil restrictors"
You know, I've seen this discussion before and I knew as soon as Bruce mentioned it, there would be a flurry of "Don't use restrictors" I still can't figure out why you guys are so dead set against these, because Mondello recommends and sells them? I do agree that the return flow path needs to be cleaned up so the oil flow back is better, but no matter what you do, the gravity flow back can't keep up with the pump pushing it up. After losing a few rod bearings right after I got my 67 442, I along with everyone else figured out the problem was exactly that, too much oil up top, not enough down below. So I went with a bigger pan, cross drilled the crank and installed the restrictors. Would my problem have been fixed by just using the bigger pan, I don't know, but I do know I can see no negative effects from the oil restrictors and I twist the 400 to 7200 rpm's and all is still good 20 years later. Just my $.02.
Keith
Rapid City, SD
87 442
70 Challenger
67 442
66 442
