fastzcars Posted June 2, 2004 Author Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi,Wild and Mike. The carb is not too hot. I can keep my bare hands on the carb. Although, the sheild did reduce the temp quite a bit than before. I may have to try a different material because I only have 1/2 inch of hood clearanse to the air filter. Maybe some carbon fiber, fiberglass or phenolic sheets? WickedWild, I did have to readjust my rocker's once. on the very first time I turned on the motor. It was making alot of noise, so I took of the valve cover's to discover that one of the rocker studs had loosened up. So I remover all the rocker's and torqued down all of the studs, just to make sure they were all tight. Then I readjusted the rockers as per the manuel. By the way I have the stock style hydrolic roller lifters. Mike. would fuel boiling in the bowls make the car run lean? Or make the car predetonate? I personally never expericed fuel boiling thing? so I have no reference to compare. Thanks for your input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Mike. would fuel boiling in the bowls make the car run lean? Or make the car predetonate? I personally never expericed fuel boiling thing? so I have no reference to compare. Thanks for your input guys. Yes it would, the fuel would be evaporating and would not supply the engine with enough fuel - lean. But if you can put your hand on your carb when the car stalls at it's hottest point, your fuel cannot be boiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Well. I have bad news and good news. I think i fond the problem. On another post that Grumpyvette stared on what kind of torque it takes to turn a shortblock assembly I discovered that my motor took 65 ft/lbs. So I drained the oil and removed the filter to see. What a shock. . The oil lokked like mother of pearl. All kinds of dark gray matter was coming out of the filter.and the oil was saturated in fine metal matter. I think my engine builder screwed up. I did find it kind of funny that my oilpressure was so high at 50psi at only 900 rpm. I think the the bearings are too tight. The piston rings are sealing, because there is still no colored smoke coming out of the tailpipe. Man I hate this. Now I have to pull the motor out for sure. Saved the oil and filter to show the engine builder what I found. I think I only have 4 hours of run time on this motor. And yes guys. I did prime the motor with the distributer out and I used an electric drill to prime the oil pump. Well at least my gut feeling was right after all. Thanks for all your input guys. Wish me luck. And I was so looking foward to attending the national convenction this month. And I already paid for the willow springs and the car show dates. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WickedWild Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Sorry to hear the bad, I hope your builder stands behind his work. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Dude, Don't give up yet, there is still time. It shouldn't take more than a couple of days to get the engine clearances sorted out. Another day to install back into the car, and away you go. It's doable.....trust me, I know!!!! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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