The Stupid Engine Questions Thread

[kenh]

GoToGuy. LOVE your avatar. Nothing sounds better than a round engine!!

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Do the stock 5.7 four bolt valve covers clear roller rockers? Thanks!!

Ken

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

GoToGuy. LOVE your avatar. Nothing sounds better than a round engine!!

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Yeah, which one is it, 1640 or 1820? IIRC a buddy of mine had those on his spray planes. The 1640s (600HP?) were Pratt Whitney and the 1820 (1200 HP?) was a Studebaker off a B17 bomber

Do the stock 5.7 four bolt valve covers clear roller rockers? Thanks!!

FWIU yes, you may have to bend the baffles a little.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Does anybody know what this information is saying? It's a cylinder #3 misfire and I was viewing the freeze frame.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Do the stock 5.7 four bolt valve covers clear roller rockers?

The Vortec covers have a thinner PCV baffle than the TBI valve covers. TBI valve covers wouldn't clear on mine, but Vortecs did.

 

[GoToGuy]

GoToGuy. LOVE your avatar. Nothing sounds better than a round engine!!

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Do the stock 5.7 four bolt valve covers clear roller rockers? Thanks!!

Ken

Wright 3350, one of last models produced made 3560 horsepower. Thanks

 

[GoToGuy]

Yeah, which one is it, 1640 or 1820? IIRC a buddy of mine had those on his spray planes. The 1640s (600HP?) were Pratt Whitney and the 1820 (1200 HP?) was a Studebaker off a B17 bomber


FWIU yes, you may have to bend the baffles a little.

If you look closely there are two rows of nine cylinders. Wright 3350. My freind has a former Navy T28C and it has a Wright 1820 one row of nine cylinders. Many WW2 engines of originally Wright or Pratt & Whitney design were produced by other mass capacity manufacturers to meet Govt' War demands. Cadillac built tanks with radial engine powerplants. Everybody had part.

 

[Cadillac Bob]

So I have a squeaky belt problem it doesn’t like the cold nor 60ish mornings as it’s been then shoots up to the 80s here in the dirty mitten. Lol so I’ve changed the belt dealer bought, the tensioner ive used soap to quickly quiet it down but I’m over doing that! Especially when it’s not been squeaking for some time now? Now it’s bak so belt is just over a year old and I can’t stand to hear it squeak!!! So should I buy a new tensioner or lube it up with something not on the belt groves of course anyone have this problem? Thanks

 

[kennythewelder]

So I have a squeaky belt problem it doesn’t like the cold nor 60ish mornings as it’s been then shoots up to the 80s here in the dirty mitten. Lol so I’ve changed the belt dealer bought, the tensioner ive used soap to quickly quiet it down but I’m over doing that! Especially when it’s not been squeaking for some time now? Now it’s bak so belt is just over a year old and I can’t stand to hear it squeak!!! So should I buy a new tensioner or lube it up with something not on the belt groves of course anyone have this problem? Thanks

Cheap belts are bad for that. If your not using a Gates belt, get one. Yes they are expensive, but we're talking a belt here.

 

[Cadillac Bob]

Ok thanks. The belt I only buy is ome from the dealership just deleting the cheap belt theory. Lol

 

[Cadillac Bob]

What makes gates so good over ac-delco btw?