nitrojunkee
Well-Known Member
Just wondering if anyone has used the Milodon single line external system in a '67 Dart without having to modify the K-member or do anything funky with the driver's side motor mount? Any other issues?
I don't know about a 67 but it clears in my 74 Dart. Don't buy the milodon oil pump drive gear if your running a flat tappet cam. Buy a Mopar one and machine it to fit. I had 2 bad milodon gears in a row. Put a Mopar one in and problem solved.
And that pump is????? How you been Sir?
its a Milodon. been good, honing my diaper changing skills, you?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mil-21815/overview/make/chrysler
Maybe I'm stupid I don't know, but what exactly is the advantage here?
It lets you say..... Dude! Check out my oil pump!
Hears what milodon says.
Big Block Mopars need more oil pressure and a larger amount of oil than most other engines, that's just a fact !
Higher RPM or bigger cubic inches increase the demand on an already marginal stock system. Get the right stuff the first time and life will be good.
External oil systems allow the bypassing of irregular and restrictive stock internal oil passages. These systems allow the placement of the pick-up in optimum position, plus the use of free flowing braided line. Milodon Oiling Systems provide the optimum in oiling for all types of applications and competition.And yes there is a big difference between the internal and external systems.
It lets you say..... Dude! Check out my oil pump!
I mean......if Jim Laroy can pull 700 plus HP using a stock pan and 3/8 pickup, what makes people making less think they need this?
Just so I have this straight in my mind. The company that sells the thing is who says you need it. I've never seen or read anywhere else that the stock oiling systems were somehow deficient. Nowhere. In fact, all I have ever read is how good they are and that's other places besides Milodon that don't have any stake in sellin me something.
It just seems like to me if you're basing your decision on that alone, you might as well be a crackhead. Cause every crack dealer in the world will say you need that, too.
Somehow, I think the 1/2 pickup would be enough to support 1000 HP and 8000 RPM.....and since I've actually seen it, I know it will work. I mean sure, you can grind here and there to make the suction side less restrictive. But honestly, has anybody ever done before and after pressure and suction tests to see the difference? I can see there would be a difference going from the 3/8 to the 1/2 pickup. A blind man could see that difference.
I somehow just don't think that the average street or even race engine has a need for it. I mean......if Jim Laroy can pull 700 plus HP using a stock pan and 3/8 pickup, what makes people making less think they need this?
He asked a question I gave him the answer from the people that he is using .It dosn't matter what you read or what you ddidn't read There is fact about it.Just because someone didn't put it print or are always right internet dosn't mean milodon dont know what there talking about. Go and try to disprove. I know for a fact they work better then the standard systems and that came from the dragstrip. Mark
I'm not trying to argue the point. I want proof. Up to this point, all I've seen is "I know for a fact" and baseless statements like that. You know? How? I am asking a question here too. Is my question somehow less valued since I'm askin it? All I want to know is at what point is something like this necessary and why? If you can answer it, great. If not, then don't give me a bunch of baseless opinion.
My opinion is based on seeing people run low 8s and high 7s in rail type dragsters with stock style oiling systems with only the 1/2" hemi pickup mod. If memory serves me correctly, I don't think the 7 second engine has been apart since it was built......over 6 seasons ago. It gives zero problems. Never loses oil pressure. I would think if something "needed" an external oiling system and a swinging pickup, a dragster would be it. All I'm asking is to help me understand.
Sorry for helping muck up your thread. But to answer your question....Years ago I had an a-body with a 440 in it. Motor was sitting on motor mounts and it had a single line external system on it. The k-frame was an old d/c one, I do not remember if had spool mounts on it or not. I do know it was pretty damn tight but it did fit. All the pictures I had of it are long gone.....