Did you ever see how they did the MGB motor? It is just a bigger A series
with the pump in the sump, they couldn't put the oil pump on the dizzy
gear - no room - so they had to put in another worm gear on top of the cam
to drive it and the dizzy under both use the same gear on the cam but it is
kinda screwy in it's own way.
> Interesting point Billy, but it might be more academic than a reality
> problem, and I think it's not much of an issue on an engine used daily. I
> got nearly 300K on my last 1275 with the original oil pump. Pressure
> jumped
> to normal essentially instantly on start up. A broken ring and piston top
> is what did in the engine. Getting the crank back Monday, and it's still
> std. std..
>
> Paul A
>
>
>> > That's still unfiltered oil! Just a different location for the pump.
>> Yeah, but the oil doesn't drain out the pump when it sits.
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