Ahhh Wow... Fired mine up today... Ran like stink.... Oil Pressure is a Bit
HIGH... should have left a couple of them Standard Bearings with the 10 down
crank...
and I got Tons to do.... Dyno tomarrow.... K
----- Original Message -----
From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
Cc: Land Speed List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 7:09 PM
Subject: and you think you have it bad
> Well Saturday I got the "E" motor for the Chevette. Along with some
help
> from the delivery guy we got it installed before the day was out. Spent
> Sunday hooking up everything, making up new fuel lines, and adjusting for
> the changes from last year.
> I fired the monster up on Monday. Everything looked good, set timing
> adjusted the floats and kept checking the oil pressure. Ten minutes into
the
> warm up I see the oil pressure dropping.. it hits 10 lbs. and levels
off...I
> hit the switch and kill the engine. What the heck????? Now what???
> OK Tuesday we'll fix it...still got time...seven days before we leave
> for Speed Week...right. Got to be something simple...or something I've
> overlooked...right. Make a bunch of phone calls...discuss options.
> So now it's Wednesday. Try a new gauge and line...not that...try a new
> pump...no real trash in the pan...damn, not that either...check the front
> gallery plugs...nope...damn again. So what's left...pull the damn engine
> back out.
> Today I pulled the engine...and tear into it. Pumps good...bearings
look
> OK..oops...here's one not so OK??? Not bad just not right...hmmm. So
anyway
> #2 main and #3 rod bearing look like trash got in there. Crank looks OK.
> What the..... Lets go all the way...remove heads, pop pistons out. Remove
> cam...can't...hmmm...this bugger turns but won't come out. Well we found
the
> problem...spun #2,#3, #4 cam bearings. Still don't know why this
happened??
> Ran fine last year...cam went in fine after the rebuild...??? Same cam,
same
> block???
> Anyway I still have four days to get a new block, bore it, de-burr it,
> buy new bearing and new gaskets, build a new motor, install the new motor,
> break in the new motor, finish wiring the nitrous, install the belly pan,
> install the nose, load the car on the trailer, load the truck, and finish
> any miscellaneous stuff.
> With a whole year between events you'd think I could have gotten
things
> together sooner...right. Can you say procrastination...hey I've got a
whole
> year to get this thing done...right. It's a good thing we do all this for
> fun...right.
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> John B
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