Guys, NO you cannot 'Up the oil Pressure' by fiddling with that spring and ball. That spring loaded ball valve is there simply to prevent the oil in the dispersal tube in the block from draining back to the pump and creating air in the line so when starting the next time there will NOT be fresh oil to that dispersal tube to fill those recesses in the plate on top of the oil pan for the rods to dip into and get their lube. The Dodge Brothers oil system is NOT a pressurized system. The oil pump simply gets the oil up from the pan to that oil dispersal tube inside the engine to spray into recessed channels for each rod cap projection to dip into to lube the rod bearings. The main bearings are lubed by the 'Splashing' oil around inside the engine when running and keeps title reservoirs on the main crank bearing supports filled. This is referred to as a "Dip - splash" oil system.
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