by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 11/17/2017 at 14:58
by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 11/17/2017 at 14:58
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The Chevy 350 in the XJS, with all its stock-cam stock-heads glory has 9.5:1 compression forged pistons. Why
"Spridget" (dustbustervans)
11/17/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 0
Doesn’t it have an RV motor too?
"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla)
11/17/2017 at 15:05, STARS: 4
A 52hp M136 Flathead Benzer has a forged crank.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/17/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 0
Because #England.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/17/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 5
Cause TRW pistons were balls fuckin cheap for a while.
Have you confirmed it’s a stock cam? If so, I’d do a cam and lifters and would not bother trying to use new lifters on an old cam. Not worth it IMO.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
11/17/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 4
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 15:14, STARS: 0
No clue. It’s a 4 bolt main so Corvette, 1-ton truck, RV, take your pick.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
Aaah. Yeah, it’a stock cam but I am literally completely out of money. We aren’t even buying new lifters, just tossing shit in and sending it. Either way I have to buy a new camshaft but at least there’s a small chance it’ll actually be okay. If not guess I’m waiting another fuckin’ month or so until I can afford a new cam. Might as well just get that Lunati I was looking at. Decent power, works fine with stock torque converter.
"I Will Always Be The Honey Badger" (iwillalwaysbethehoneybadger)
11/17/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 1
Open up the ring gap before you bolt it back together and go hunting for turbos.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/17/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 5
I really hate to say it this way man, but if you can’t afford new lifters at the very least you can’t really afford to do this yet.
Running mismatched lifters on an old cam might work but it’s Russian Roulette with five in the cylinder.
Best case if you wipe a lobe it’s a cam kit, gaskets, and oil. Worst case is the engine needs a bottom end rebuild.
If you’re 9.5:1 with 76cc heads* and a stock head gasket a cam that’s around .454 lift and 268 advertised should be cool.
* I do not recall your head casting number. 882?
Oh, and if you need a “bad” idea, with 9.5:1 compression and forged pistons I’d throw a plate system at it when money allows.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
11/17/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 1
For boost. Like a bolt on blower.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 15:53, STARS: 0
blow-through carbs are ‘spensive
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0
Need transportation. It’s winter. And yes, I believe they’re 882 heads. I’m kinda fucked eight ways from Sunday here because it’s not my garage I’m doing this in and it needs to be out in a week or two. Having one car for two people with overlapping schedules fucking blows.
Any thoughts on “enginetech” cam and lifter kits on Rockauto? <$100 for most of them...
"I Will Always Be The Honey Badger" (iwillalwaysbethehoneybadger)
11/17/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 0
There’s always the juice.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Nitrous-Express/744/ML1000/10002/-1
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/17/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 2
From what I recall they are a “white box” version of some house brand stuff like Summit and Edelbrock cams. Reasonable quality.
Which one are you looking at? The stage 2 seems to fit OK. What head gaskets do you have?
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 0
Whichever works best with my setup (TH400, stock converter, whatever the hell those pistons are, stock garbage heads that seem to have upgraded springs, etc.).
The local machine shop seems fairly confident that if I strictly adhere to break in oil procedure there’s a decent chance the camshaft will wear to the lifters without total annihilation.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/17/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 1
Wait you have a TH400? Nice!
I figure the stage 2 is good for your application. 9.5 SCR is not high but it’s not low either. Your heads probably won’t feed a bigger cam well, and the 2101 manifold is best off idle-5500.
Did they mention scuffing the lobes and lifter faces? That’s something that *sometimes* can help.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 0
Yeah, need a Th400 to harness the monstrous 180-ish HP of my lame-ass 350 :P Someone in the past put an obnoxious shift kit in it which results in neck-snapping 1-2 shifts all day every day. Meh.
Stage 2? Pretty reasonable price. If my cam goes bye-bye I might even be able to swap cams in the car due to the ludicrous amount of engine bay room. The lifter face scuffing is new to me. I’ll take a look.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/17/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 2
TBH I don’t know too much about the scuffing and my memory is foggy, but I think you do a figure 8 pattern on the lifter face.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/17/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 2
Didn’t we already establish that whoever built it had no clue what they were doing?
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 16:44, STARS: 2
You mean it isn’t normal to require 160lb*ft of torque to undo head bolts?
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
11/17/2017 at 16:55, STARS: 1
youre getting ready to do the exact “throw a whole bunch of crap parts that are laying around” on top of a decent bottom end, and wondering why anybody else would have?......... youre answering your own questions here......
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/17/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 0
Just putting back the crap parts that were already in there :P
"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
11/18/2017 at 13:40, STARS: 0
So question, why did you sell the mustang to get a second bike right at the end of riding season rather than live with the mustang for the winter, whether you liked it or not?
If I’m correct you have 2 bikes now and you built then both at the hight of summer/start of fall.
I assume the mustang was probably not the best but it was a sealed vehicle
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/18/2017 at 23:43, STARS: 0
The Rebel 250 isn’t rideable. Title doesn’t exist and it has an engine problem I haven’t figured out yet. Mustang went away because it needed many work and my knee is bad and I couldn’t use the clutch. As it is I can *barely* use the clutch on the Miata so I’m rather anxious for my automatic car to be going again.