If you just couldn't do oil mods, what's an alternative?

As. Others have said, 1/2" oil pick up, verify that the oil pump cover is drilled as deep as it should be in the oil passage, full groove mains, HV pump, seven Qt pan and a windage tray. These are the only modifications to my 440s that I do and in almost 40 years I have never had a oil related failure. I ran my junk hard in the past, 7000 + rpm but now I use smaller cams and limit them to 6500.