[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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