stock or hv oil pump

Btw why would you bother cleaning up the casting flash on a cam/valley window when its not much to begin with ...and...you want the oil TO STAY ON THE CAM OR GO BACK TO THE PAN...and NOT shower the bottom of the intake with HOT OIL...i leave the flash there and use Valley baffle. A race block has some vents for crankcase pressure relief and for drian back, otherwise they close the valley to strengthen it.

Thought the reason for removing the flashing be it in the lifter Valley or in the bottom of the motor or on the cylinder heads was to reduce the risk of a stress crack.

Personally I've only seen it happen to one block an that was a 273. It was on the front opening passenger side about 3/4 of an inch long.