[DeTomaso] Fw: Re: Pantera fall down go boo m :<(

[Kirby Schrader]

My new cam is a -9 billet and both the vendor and Comp Cams is telling me to
use a bronze gear.
I am going to do so. I have already checked installation height and it is
good.

As I noted previously, I ran 90psi hot for many years (from 1985 until 1998)
and never had a problem with the cam or distributor gear. But hey.... that's
only one data point on a single solid lifter Crower cam.

I don't run that much oil pressure now. More like 65psi hot.

I am regularly checking valve lash on my GT40 because of the horror stories
I hear about solid rollers. So far, no problem. We shall see. I will be
doing the same to this new 377 in the Pantera. It's costing too much to have
it mess up early!

FWIW,
Kirby


On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 16:47, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> Kirby, it seems to me the problem comes from too much oil pump load on the
> little gear- of whatever metal. And on speedtalk.com, there a nice little
> thread on retrofit -8 roller cores prematurely failing the hard steel
> rollers on the roller lifters due apparently to incompatibility. So along
> with perodically checking your drive gear, you might also check the surface
> of a couple of the roller wheels. Since I'm sort of in the same boat (build
> coming up), I'm interested in what you might find. Cheers- J DEryke