[DeTomaso] This ought to be fun...
Will Kooiman
will.kooiman at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 15:56:07 EDT 2012
If the 4-bolt mains don't work out, they should give you a discount putting
bushings in your other block. Part of the charge on this block was for them
to buy the tooling.
But let's don't get ahead of ourselves. There's a good chance these mains
will work.
I'm still at a loss why #1 would spin. The only thing I can come up with
(aside from being installed upside down) is that the oil pressure tries to
lift the #1 main. If you take a look at the size of the oiling holes, they
are huge. The bearing covers most of the hole, but that still leaves a fair
amount of surface area for the oil to push on - trying to lift the insert.
I have seen oiling mod recommendations to plug the large hole (probably with
a smaller hole drilled in the plug). I don't remember the exact steps.
They are on the network54 site.
But I still don't understand why it happened when 99% of the 351C's on the
road do not plug the large hole.
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:44 PM
To: daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] This ought to be fun...
In a message dated 4/17/12 12 11 29, daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com writes:
> Still a 2 bolt main block? With a solid roller cam and the way you use
> it,
> it should be converted to 4 bolt mains. Is there any evidence of cap
> walk?
> I'd be installing something like the Bessel main caps if I were you.
>
At a minimum, since some enormously kind Texan people (isn't that
redundant?) are offering you free four-bolt main caps, you should have the
block
converted to accept them.
Mike
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