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05Saleen · 09-18-2007, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by wsa111

Morey, just thought i would copy & paste the following from the ford muscle forum. Bill

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Have you tried to do the oiling trick? If you want to id recommed like was mentioned. Angle the hole down toward the gear mesh. Id use a threaded plug so that its thick enough to give it some direction. Use a dremel at the lowest speed so that you drill fast enough and not pushing hard like you will tend to do with a hand drill. Besides .03 or 1/32 drill is really hard to clamp on as it is.

Also, is it a HV HP pump? Or just HV? What oil are you running? Is it a high in zinc Racing oil like Valvoline Racing ,or Mobil 1 ,Royal purple, or just an average 10w30 etc.
Being that its an extreemly high load area much like a lifter face/cam lobe area, id think that its a good idea to use a high zinc conventinal style oil till the "break in" is achieved. As well as a good moly assy lube on the gear mesh when installing. I cant say that this is a must as im sure that there may have been many here that never had a prob just with just oil on break in. Im just erroring on the side of saftey.

One thing that comes to mind. Is there any rotational play when the cam is installed? Or does it feel tight with no play? If so maybe the gear mesh is to tight. Or maybe the opposite , Too loose?
One last thing, What is the clearance when the cam is out. I think that you need around .015" minimum clearance "up and down". If its smooth feeling when cold Things may bind up when hot if its too close to start with.

Im just throwing things out there for you to try or think about

Thanks Bill. Good info.