cam gear oiling
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I drill 3 small holes. One in each end cap of the lifter oil galleys and one in the oil galley going to the front cam bearing. The ones in the lifter galleys caps are to prevent vapor lock of the oil to the front lifters after the motor has sat (like boat motors tend to do. Another one in the cam bearing oil galley so there will be oil behind the cam gear that way the hardened spacer (roller cam) wont burn into the block.
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MSD dist has the oiler hole, but I never paid much attention to where it was pointed. Then I installed my cam this time around and found the gear was damaged. The dist will go in as a cam sensor so I can orientate the oiler hole right over the gears and should have good lubrication to them. I have done the slot thing before also.. I believe it is a good idea..
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MSD dist has the oiler hole, but I never paid much attention to where it was pointed. Then I installed my cam this time around and found the gear was damaged. The dist will go in as a cam sensor so I can orientate the oiler hole right over the gears and should have good lubrication to them. I have done the slot thing before also.. I believe it is a good idea..
I know on my 454 vortec truck engine, it was advised to pull the distributor at 100k miles, and take a look at the gear. I pullled mine at 90k miles, and sure enough, the gear was done. The teeth were razor sharp and worn big time.
Just one of those easy mods, i cant see hurting anything?