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Forum: General Q & A
07-21-2004, 09:33 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

This is strange, Mbam had some great ideas in a lengthy post made yesterday but now it's gone?

I spoke with a high performance engine builder yesterday who builds a lot of drag racing engines. I...
Forum: General Q & A
07-19-2004, 09:43 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Formula31- This dist. is one that I had ran in a previous boat motor so it can be eliminated from the suspect list. (I'll bet that defective dist. of which you speak was a bugger to track down) The...
Forum: General Q & A
07-19-2004, 03:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Blue Thunder- I'm positive that the 'clattering' was/is the rocker arms. I used a stethoscope to set each one so I was 'in tune' with the process. To answer your question though, I didn't check the...
Forum: General Q & A
07-19-2004, 10:13 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Formula31- Do you mean the 1/8" pipe plugs behind the upper timing chain gear? This is from memory of course but I believe there were three pipe plugs there. Two 1/8" and one 1/4"? The three 1/8"...
Forum: General Q & A
07-18-2004, 09:31 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

The EO/IC method is the one I tried when the other static methods seemed to fail me. (and it's the one I'm adopting from now on)

I've got a new set of lifters in my grubby little hand and will...
Forum: General Q & A
07-18-2004, 09:16 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Lou- I read that thread too and also tried the drill press and pushrod pumping method (after the fact w/ a new lifter) I couldn't for the life of me get the new lifters to pump up using that method....
Forum: General Q & A
07-17-2004, 09:38 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Re: Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Pushrods on number one have been spinning, I didn't check the others while it was running.

I went through the lash setting procedures several times and was sure they were set properly. I didn't...
Forum: General Q & A
07-17-2004, 08:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,779
Posted By martiniboat

Unhappy Ran engine w/o valve covers, much to my dismay minimal oil coming from rockers...

Ok guys, I've been searching through the archives for a few hours before posting this and here's my story...


New short block 502 w/ Merlin heads, Comp Cams stainless roller rockers, stud girdle...
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