After a sleepless night, reading and studying, Im just going to run a 4" line to/from the ports. It'll be the same as having a cooler there in the oiling systems "mind", and I wont be worried about taking a chance with the plugged off ports.
Jim,
I got your messges this morning as well as your email. I have pasted my email response here as well. I gave you a version of the cooler I use. I do not buy from them website, but it was the first picture that came up when I Googled it.
If you have any other questions, call me I will be here today.
Randy - RPM
"Jim,
The oil pump is two stage pump and if you block off the front oil pan port, you force the pump to just bypass through the pressure relief making a ton of heat. I run mine out to a small cooler and back into the rear oil pan fitting.
If you choose to run it to the remote oil filter adapter you have to shim the pressure relief so it doesn’t bypass let main galley pressure drop. And that oil is unfiltered. So do not run it to the head oiler/cams as it will tear up the head.
I use a Tru-cool cooler. They are really effective and cheap in cost. Just make sure that use rubber mounts it as it will break the solder joints if mounted ridged. Also if you use it, make sure you support the 1” hex with a wrench when installing the fitting(s) as I have had a couple of customers tear them off by just “tightening” the fitting.
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/2554/TRU_Cool_Oil_Coolers Randy"