The Weakest Link
You are only as strong as your weakest link, and on the Ford Boss 260 & 290 engines this is the oil pump gears.
Herrod Motorsport has come up with the fix for the powdered metal factory Ford oil pump gears with a set of Billet replacement oil pump gears.
The Billet oil pump gears eliminate the worries of oil pump failure, which when fail, can cause massive amounts of damage to pistons, valves and camshafts.
So to save on a costly engine rebuild, fit a set of the Herrod Billet oil pump gears. At $600, this is relatively cheap insurance.