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How many times have you heard a racer tell you he lost oil pressure only to find out either his oil pickup tube fell off or the pump housing cracked. A Titan pump could have prevented this problem. Titan also uses needle bearings on the shaft and thrust side of the pump drive shafts, another feature that makes these pumps and your engine last as long as possible in the drag race environment.

A better view of the Titan pump shows the externally adjustable bypass regulator and the singe 16AN inlet fitting. One important item not show here is the inlet hose. It needs to be a "suction hose." It is not a pressure hose, so make sure you check with your supplier before you put on a hose that might collapse and restrict the oil flow.

The best oil pump in the world is only as good as the oil pan you choose. You have to keep the oil around the oil pump pickup and this means a special designed pan with proper oil control baffles and/or oil control "trap doors". There are several companies out there making oil pans, but we chose Moroso. After browsing through the Moroso catalog we found one that looked like it would be perfect for "Project 4-Link", part #20023. Since the dragster does not have any cross members under the engine to deal with, the pan can be a flat bottom design. When we ordered the pan we called the tech department and asked them to make it with a #16AN pickup rather than the normal #20AN they list in the catalog.

This view of the Moroso pan shows the billet pan rail with the steel inserts and the hole in the pan for the 16AN custom oil pickup line. The construction is flawless on this oil pan.

This is the custom 16AN pickup the fabricators at Moroso Performance welded up to work with the Titan billet oil pump.