We all know that high volume, high pressure
oil pumps put more load on the cam and distributor gears. It seems to me Ford engines have more problems, but put a big enough
oil pump in it and any engine that drives the pump with the distributor will have gear failures.
So hear is my thought. Go to an external belt driven
oil pump. Since we have the oil filter and coolers external anyway the plumbing is pretty much there.
Bear with me, as I am typing this off the top of my head without a lot of thought or experiance. It would seem you could use the oil pump for a dry sump system (off the shelf item) only plumb it out of the oil pan. Obviously a complete dry sump system is better, but there is not a lot of room, and they are costly.
Anyway that would be one way to make the distributor gear last forever.
Bad, dumb, interesting, or good idea? Let the opinions roll!