Originally Posted by Unlucky#9:
Theoretically(as I unfortunately do not have nay experience building sprint car engines "yet") the only issue that I can see from turning a higher RPM on a wet sump engine with a pan where the pick up was located in a well on the right rear would be that since the pump is then pumping more oil at a time, there would be more oil in the overhead than would be in an engine running a lower RPM. Is it possible that the drain back from the head could be improved, therefore getting the oil back down to the pan from the heads quicker?
Have you ever noticed how much room is around the push rods? How much more 'drain back' do you need?