I almost went with that cam, it looks good! I bet it'll run great in your 408.
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Deuling's 1985 K5. "Restart thread on post #8415"
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Maybe it will idle less like a tractor with the difference in duration...
So I need recommendations (links because I'm lazy) on.
-Crank and rod bearings.
-Oil pump.
-Seals
So I need recommendations (links because I'm lazy) on.
-Crank and rod bearings.
-Oil pump.
-Seals
I have no input on those things but I do have a question on your shock valving.
You keep saying you need to add rebound valving and lot's of it. This is counter to everything that we did with the race car. We ended up with very little rebound valving, are you sure about this? Do you really need to address the compression valving to keep from collapsing the shocks so much and keep the rebound valving light so that the wheels are falling out really fast and staying on the ground?
We actually had the car tuned at one point in really rough whoops with so little rebound that the ride height raised up as we went over the whoops, this basically is a way to add ride height and compression shock travel for big hits without actually raising the vehicle all the time.
Just something to think about.
That's how I've always tuned my class 1
Who are you again?
How big is your oil pan (capacity)? With a good High Volume pump, sustained high rpm can pump a stock pan dry and starve the bearings.
Somebody just mentioned this to me actually. Had had thought that on the hard hits, the rebound would help hold it down for a second, instead of the pogo. But maybe I just need the compression to slow the hit more?
I may try just adding compression first and see how it goes.
So.... The oil pump pickup fell off, and go wacked into the side of the aluminum pan and put a small crack in it. Resulting in my leak....
Stupid pickup.
I realized this after pulling the inspection cover, only to find a perfectly clean flexplate with zero oil on it, and a bright red torque converter.
So put a new pickup on it get a new pan slap it together and call it good
Save money for a total redo
Save money for a total redo
Yeah.
Im just gonna get a new pump. Why not while im in there.
And im gonna pull the caps off and check the bearings. Just to be safe.
So...why did you still have oil pressure if the pickup was no longer attached? 
So...why did you still have oil pressure if the pickup was no longer attached?
The pump still sits down in the pan enough, that with a full pan of oil, I think it still was pumping.
But the gauge was reading a little weird. It normally runs at 50 all the time. But it was moving from 40-50 on the drive up that day.
I put a bottle of stp on top of the full pan of oil, and it must have filled it enough that day to get me by. I watched it all day long and it stayed up at 50 under throttle.
That's pretty good news. So no pulling the engine right?
That I crazy, what holds the pickup on?
Im gonna pull the caps and double check. But hopefully.
Looks like a press fit with 2 small tacks.
I like cast aluminum pans but don't run them on offroad rides because I'm worried they would crack.
Did you install the pickup originally? Just curious why it failed so I can learn from your mistakes.
Did you install the pickup originally? Just curious why it failed so I can learn from your mistakes.
I like cast aluminum pans but don't run them on offroad rides because I'm worried they would crack.
Did you install the pickup originally? Just curious why it failed so I can learn from your mistakes.
It was on the engine when I got it built. Looks like it had 2 small tacks on it that broke. So... I will get a new one, and tig weld the thing on
I've been debating about it on mine. I read if you do weld it on you have to take the pump apart so some of the parts don't get heat warped. I've also read about some people putting red loctite on the tube. I bought a pickup with a bracket/tab that goes under the mounting bolt.
That is crazy, why isn't it bolted?
I have really only been Into a gen 3 small block.
I have really only been Into a gen 3 small block.
