Your max rpm for your big block????
like everybody else stated, you can run a wedge up to the about 7 grand with a deep pan, good oil control, full grooves, 1\2 pickup, hv pump. myself once i start getting to the 7 grand range on a engine i like to up the oil system a little more. 10 quart pan (especially on a hemi because they don't return oil real well) & external set up. usually do some deburing on the pump, work the oil holes on the crank, pretty much massage every part.
i also run my bearing clearences on the looser side, i like around 0.0028-0.0032 on the mains. run the rods around 0.0024-0.0026
all these are street/strip motors
external on the hemi, milodon pump
stroker 400/499 we built for my buddys dart, indy maxx pump
modified a 7 quart moroso on my dads 493 for external, milodon pump, line isn't on yet
like everybody else stated, you can run a wedge up to the about 7 grand with a deep pan, good oil control, full grooves, 1\2 pickup, hv pump. myself once i start getting to the 7 grand range on a engine i like to up the oil system a little more. 10 quart pan (especially on a hemi because they don't return oil real well) & external set up. usually do some deburing on the pump, work the oil holes on the crank, pretty much massage every part.
i also run my bearing clearences on the looser side, i like around 0.0028-0.0032 on the mains. run the rods around 0.0024-0.0026
all these are street/strip motors
external on the hemi, milodon pump
stroker 400/499 we built for my buddys dart, indy maxx pump
modified a 7 quart moroso on my dads 493 for external, milodon pump, line isn't on yet
