Oil Systems / cooler

[RickyBobby]

I am going off the gauge in the car. 

[RickyBobby]

also I am running a virgin 1200 open motor.  never been rebuilt

[thunder938]

Where is the gauge hooked to the motor? 

[RickyBobby]

by those two lines going from the oil cooler to the bottom of the motor

[thunder938]

The lines on the side of the oil pan?  Does gauge go into the case above the pan on the left side of car?

[RickyBobby]

left side of the car above the pan and above the back hose.  Mine has the back hose hooked up running back to the oil cooler

[thunder938]

Is the hose that comes from the cooler go into the motor on the left side above the pan at the crank level? large fitting?

[RickyBobby]

I have 2 lines going from the cooler to that side of the motor.  They are all the same size fittings.

[thunder938]

I will send you a PM

[fasass47]

Well fellows after talking with Mike @ little race cars and lamar @ LHS both great guys, said check your oil lines real good and sure enough they were rite one new line that I made must have pushed the rubber liner in and would let air go through but would not let the oil flow rite causing low oil pressure. Guess I need to be alittle more carefull, oh well thanks to all, John

[VMS Motorsports]

Old topic, new question...
Running a single cooler and remote adapter...

What should I do with the 2 ports on the exhaust side of the engine? Would think I could just plug them, but is there something in the oiling system that makes oil travel necessary between the 2 ports where I would just need to run a line from one port to the other?

[thunder938]

The port toward the front of the car on the pan is the out and you should run a line out from that port and the out at the back of the motor and tie them together, hank scott oil filter mount is the best way.  Then run on line out the filter to the cooler then to the back of the motor "ready to use" filtered and cooled oil.  The port to the rear on the pan is the return and has no psi and can be plugged. ( or used as a return from a over flow tank)

OK now the oil pan out is like 25psi stock and MUST be shimmed at the pump to bump the PSI to match the high psi side which is the out at the back of the motor, in the area of 65 psi.  IF YOU TIE THE 2 LINES TOGETHER WITH OUT SHIMMING THE LOW PSI SIDE THEN THE PUMP WILL BYPASS THE HI PSI AND YOU WILL ONLY HAVE 25 PSI AT BOTH LINES......WHICH MEANS   BOOOM

Most builders do this, but some dont so make sure.

[VMS Motorsports]

So, I still have the remote adapter, not the Texas style. Both lines come from the rear of the engine, so there is no way to join the 2.
I guess the question is...
Do I need that front port in the oil pan to be hooked to anything, or can i just plug it and the return line off?

[thunder938]

No the front pan fitting has PSI and needs to go some where then return.  I run a dual cooler system. I go out the front pan to a cooler then return to the pan.  Then the back of the motor out to fitter and cooler then returned to the back of the motor.  I have a remote filter. I talked to my builder and her shims the high PSI side of the pump to bump the PSI, but he does not do the low side so, I can not tie them

[VMS Motorsports]

So, in theory, i should be able to just run a short line from one port to the other, correct?