Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:52 pm
Update on progress after spending much of the weekend in the garage with breaks for F1 GP!
It is all back together with a mech pressure gauge. I have used millers 20w50 semi synthetic oil. Started it up and boy it sounded rough initially. I did see oil pressure. Took of the supply hose to the remote filter to check oil flowing in the right direction. Turned over on starter only and saw globs of oil shooting out, good. Connected it all back up and fired up again, sounding better. With coolant around 60C I was reading oil pressure of 43psi at about 2000rpm.
I am using Rhoads bleed down lifters and someone did say to me a while ago that these are noisey.
The lifters seems to be noiser than my first engine start. This maybe paranoia. It might be the oil is thinner than the cheapo 20w50 mineral I used and the red cam lube I put everywhere added to the thickness of the oil I have now changed. It might be the rockers on the wrong way round as per my other post they do not have marks on the shafts to indicate which way and I was told be an engine builder that it does not matter. I have noticed the topside of the rocker arm above the valve springs have a small hole, this seems to be directly above the valve tip. This hole does not go all the way thru, you can see the underside of the metal pad that contacts the valve tip.
the fuelling is not correct yet, idle around AFR 12.5. I have not checked the timing yet.
Here's a you tube, does this sound excessively noisey. My last video before the oil pressure problem hovered around the exhausts at the back which would sound nicer I guess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo_lb9e-BZ0
It is all back together with a mech pressure gauge. I have used millers 20w50 semi synthetic oil. Started it up and boy it sounded rough initially. I did see oil pressure. Took of the supply hose to the remote filter to check oil flowing in the right direction. Turned over on starter only and saw globs of oil shooting out, good. Connected it all back up and fired up again, sounding better. With coolant around 60C I was reading oil pressure of 43psi at about 2000rpm.
I am using Rhoads bleed down lifters and someone did say to me a while ago that these are noisey.
The lifters seems to be noiser than my first engine start. This maybe paranoia. It might be the oil is thinner than the cheapo 20w50 mineral I used and the red cam lube I put everywhere added to the thickness of the oil I have now changed. It might be the rockers on the wrong way round as per my other post they do not have marks on the shafts to indicate which way and I was told be an engine builder that it does not matter. I have noticed the topside of the rocker arm above the valve springs have a small hole, this seems to be directly above the valve tip. This hole does not go all the way thru, you can see the underside of the metal pad that contacts the valve tip.
the fuelling is not correct yet, idle around AFR 12.5. I have not checked the timing yet.
Here's a you tube, does this sound excessively noisey. My last video before the oil pressure problem hovered around the exhausts at the back which would sound nicer I guess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo_lb9e-BZ0