oil pumps (not efi)

[Chuck Tomlinson]

> From: tom cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>
> >The recommendation appears 
> >to use a high pressure pump, instead.  This would imply that there is, 
> >in fact, a difference.
> 
> Oh, there is -- look in your Summit or Jegs or ASAP catalog.  You
> can buy 'stock', 'high vol.', or 'hi-pressure' pumps.  And I 'spect
> the onliest difference in a hi-pressure pump is the size of the
> relief spring (just like in electric fuel pumps).

Tom, that's true in Chevys, and I'd guess it's true for Fords too. 
IMHO, a high volume oil pump in a street engine is the result of a 
*mistake*: either running excessive clearances, or thinking that 
reaching relief pressure at very low rpm is worthwhile (it is not). 
Use the std volume pump and run good synthetic oil.
--
Chuck Tomlinson