kenh
I see nothing I hear nothing
OK..... FWIW..... The $50 engine was in a race car. It has the stock bottom end, rods and a cast piston. It ran less than one night because of an oil pressure issue. GOOD pressure at idle and the pressure would fade as the RPM increased. The driver, my coworker (mechanic by trade) and owner of the engine, shut it down. He tore it down. inspected all the parts and deemed a bad oil pump. The mains and rod bearings all looked good and he did a light assembly to retain all the bottom parts in order and together. He choose not to use the engines due to the stock parts and the horsepower, or lack of it, that it would support.
For $50 I can get my money out of it if I don't like what I see when inspected.
I plan on using a roller cam in the build. If for nothing else to reduce some of the friction in the engine. Might even spring for some roller rockers???? My goal is not a bunch of horsepower. I want a clean running engine. If I gain some horsepower in the process so be it. I'm not afraid of using a "stock" roller cam. The benefits are substantial over a flat tappet.
Thanks for all the input. Forty heads are better than one....... or something like that!! lol
Ken
For $50 I can get my money out of it if I don't like what I see when inspected.
I plan on using a roller cam in the build. If for nothing else to reduce some of the friction in the engine. Might even spring for some roller rockers???? My goal is not a bunch of horsepower. I want a clean running engine. If I gain some horsepower in the process so be it. I'm not afraid of using a "stock" roller cam. The benefits are substantial over a flat tappet.
Thanks for all the input. Forty heads are better than one....... or something like that!! lol
Ken