Sounds pretty cool, eh?
Not exactly.
They said that Olds engines pump too much oil to the heads,
leaving very little for the bottom (crank). To fix this, they would put
oil
restricters on the bottom, giving enough oil to the heads, but keeping the
crank
lubed as well.
Wrong. I will argue with anyone at any time - at any place that oil
restrictors are exactly the wrong thing to do on an Olds engine. Oil
restrictors simply treat the symptom and will NOT cure the problem. If the
problem (the disease) is fixed in the first place, oil restrictors become
completely unnecessary, and could even be dangerous to the engine. Smokey
Yunick would say the same thing, for there are people who even put oil
restrictors in small block Chevys, which drove Yunick up the wall, for it
was wrong.
Milton Schick
1964 442 Cutlass 600HP @ 6300 RPM - 600 ft/lb torque @ 4000 RPM, all on one
Holley 850CFM DP with absolutely no oil restrictors anywhere, no way, no
how, and perfectly streetable.
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