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Originally Posted by joespanova
Carl , don't give me that s-h-i-t. I'm listening to everyone..........including you. You share your suggestions and I ask more questions..................stop being so thin skinned.
If the solution is a new pan , pump...........WHATEVER ...............NO PROBLEM. The current rod alloys are years better than what guys ran in the seventies.........call GRP etc etc. There are plenty of guys using them. I'm not going to run steel rods as of today. Maybe some other day......but not now.
The side clearance , bearing clearance , 3 hole cam bearings and all this other stuff...........these are what the manufactures call for. I am sure ( or at least I doubt it ) the lifter to bore clearance in itself isn't causing this issue. Its a combination of pan design , vac , baffles etc etc.
Here's what I'd like..........I want several hard running Super Stock guys to chime in and share their pan , pump , baffle / tray and vac pump combos'.The solution is apparently in finding the combination of THESE elements.
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The 3 hole cam bearing is a real bad deal I don't care what they call for thats why I don't use those cam bearings and thats why I am not having the problems you are having.
Once again try a pan that was not build in the 90"s and having those bulky rods in there do create alot of unwanted areation and windage.
I build quite a few blower engines with aluminum rods and are great for those applications as they are 8 shock absorbers and do save cranks for breaking. And there is a short cycle life compared to steel rods!!!
I don't use cam bearings with 3 holes!!!! Prime your engine with the intake off and tell there is not a lot of bleed off now with the oil 200 degrees imagine how much more is bleeding off.
There is alot going on with bleed off that maybe causing your problem.
A nice pan with a kick out would be a good choice but I doubt you would spend the extra money on a real good pan.
When your turning over 7000 RPM you really have to have to know what your doing when it comes to oil control Bleed off and windage.