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Post in thread 'oil system mods that help'

Sep 5, 2023

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there's a few dozen areas in an engine

where minor mods can...

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Post in thread 'oil system mods that help'

Jun 14, 2018

your trying to provide a bit of extra oil flow volume too the rear facing surface of the thrust bearing
yeah a 2lb dead blow hammer to gently whack or two on both sides and the bottom surface, on the blocks main caps after you've torqued them into place to verify they are firmly seated and a quick recheck on the torque settings is generally a good idea,
this is also a good idea when checking clearance's with plasti -gauge on main bearings)...

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Post in thread 'bearings and oil flow'

Nov 22, 2020

When I got my 265 back from the machine shop the camshaft would not go all the way in. The machine shop installed a common 2 inch freeze plug instead of the correct 2 1/64” shallow rear cam plug. The back of the camshaft was hitting the freeze plug! The thrust surface on the cam sprocket is supposed to ride against the machined surface at the front of the block to correctly position the camshaft. I knocked out the incorrect freeze plug and test fit the camshaft with the sprocket installed. It’s a good thing I checked because I found that they had also installed the cam bearing almost ¼...

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Post in thread 'bearing clearances'

Mar 27, 2019

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https://www.powerperformancenews.co...ore-you-buy-that-next-set-of-engine-bearings/


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