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DAvid...it's not so much a number thing....more like machining (expensive) or getting the correct parts.
To 360 the crank bearings...you would purchase 2 sets of main bearings and only use the grooved halves.
To feather the rod bearings...you machine the bearing shells so that they have what looks like the viens in a tree leaf (big groove down the middle and smaller ones leading at an angle to the outside).
These grooves have to be in the correct direction to do any good.
For a larger oil pump...try a turbo pump...more output on both sides.
Full bypass oil systems are like the ones you find in big deisel rigs (semi-trucks). Probably big bucks.
Cross drilling the crank...also feathering the oil holes in the direction of flow....machine shop...$$$.
Get Waynes engine rebuild book....read it...understand it.
Talk to old time racers who had to do everything themselves because hot rod type parts did not exist.
Don't limit yourself to just cars...look at what the bikes have done...also boats and airplanes.
Good luck
Bob
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