Oil restricting pushrods?
04-27-2007, 01:30 PM
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Oil restricting pushrods? I see that some guys are using oil restricting pushrods, I was just curious why? Im changing my heads and cam and I need to change the pushrods but, I wanted to know if I needed the oil restricting pushrods?
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OFF TOPIC-> How does oil make its way up the pushrod?
Does the lifter have a hole in the top and the does the rod have a hole in the bottom and the lifter pushes the oil ALL the way to the top of the motor in sufficient quantity to lubricate the rockers, etc...
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I think the main reason being that you can actually pump ALL of your oil from the crankcase into the upper end and starve the motor of oil, so some ppl run restricted pushrods to keep all the oil from making it to the top of the motor at once.
Does the lifter have a hole in the top and the does the rod have a hole in the bottom and the lifter pushes the oil ALL the way to the top of the motor in sufficient quantity to lubricate the rockers, etc...
ON TOPIC->
I think the main reason being that you can actually pump ALL of your oil from the crankcase into the upper end and starve the motor of oil, so some ppl run restricted pushrods to keep all the oil from making it to the top of the motor at once.
04-28-2007, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by gun5l1ng3r
OFF TOPIC-> How does oil make its way up the pushrod?
Does the lifter have a hole in the top and the does the rod have a hole in the bottom and the lifter pushes the oil ALL the way to the top of the motor in sufficient quantity to lubricate the rockers, etc...
ON TOPIC->
I think the main reason being that you can actually pump ALL of your oil from the crankcase into the upper end and starve the motor of oil, so some ppl run restricted pushrods to keep all the oil from making it to the top of the motor at once.
Does the lifter have a hole in the top and the does the rod have a hole in the bottom and the lifter pushes the oil ALL the way to the top of the motor in sufficient quantity to lubricate the rockers, etc...
ON TOPIC->
I think the main reason being that you can actually pump ALL of your oil from the crankcase into the upper end and starve the motor of oil, so some ppl run restricted pushrods to keep all the oil from making it to the top of the motor at once.
