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Stang28965
Gearhead

Posts: 412
From: Webster New York USA
Registered: Mar 2001

posted 04-26-2003 09:11 AM

Hey guys, I saw some "oil deflectors" in jegs, They are for the heads and keep more oil on the parts that need it, Are those worth installing? My second question is how much better would a 280H sound then a 270H? Why would I not want a 280H on my engine? If I get a nice set of eldebrock heads with a 280H cam and a nice intake about how much HP would I be making? Btw my car is a 65 with a 289 with 3.55 gears and a 4speed. It has about 4,000 miles on it. The pistons should be of stock size and compression.
Thanks
-Jeff

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bifs66
Gearhead

Posts: 178
From: Maryland
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 04-26-2003 08:47 PM

Back in the early 70s, Ford's Muscle Parts program recommended oil deflectors on small block Fords.
Here is an excerpt from the Muscle Parts book: "DEFLECTOR C9OZ-6524-B (16 req'd) and JAM NUT 45218-S8 (16 req'd) should be installed to provide adequate oiling for the rocker arm at high rpms. The high revs cause high pressures that tend to squirt oil out of the push rod at the rocker arm and miss the fulcrum of the rocker arm. The deflector interferes and drops oil into the rocker fulcrum area for cooling and lubrication."
So, I guess they are useful things to install.

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Bernie Frank
66 Fastback restomod project
85 GT (preserved)

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