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03-23-2019, 06:33 PM | #1091 |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Yes, they were checked carefully.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
It was nice to get away from the engine for a day (we'll be back to that tomorrow) Autumn and I went down to work on the car today. Although I may get hamered here for this kind of work, we had a nice afternoon cleaning the underneath/underhood of the car.
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03-23-2019, 07:08 PM | #1093 |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Todd,
Someone mentioned that the thing would live.....but recent history doesn't support that notion. If you were running on the dyno at 600rpm/sec and going from 4000 to 7500, that only takes 5.833 seconds at 300rpm/sec twice that time. SO, if you total the pulls in time, that is not a livable package.Normal lifter to bore clearances is where a normal leak occurs. If it is sloppy, as an example 0.002", that leakage is approx equal to a jet of about 0.058" diameter oer lifter bore/lifter and that is additional to the groove that somebody increased the leakage path with. That flow number would scare most folks.Not a good package at all. IF you had the block reamed and honed for larger lifters, it would probably take a 0.904" lifter to clean up the groove leak. Yeah, not legal, but might save the block but would cost for another set of lifters and the cost of increasing the lifter bores. BTW - all that leakage and resultant deluge drops right down on the rotating assembly and the windage losses go up exponentially with RPM. The lifter/bore flow above is in excess of 8gpm!!! Best of luck to you and Autumn. Hope you get to race soon. Regards, HB2 Dissident Last edited by Dissident; 03-23-2019 at 07:16 PM. Reason: number shuffle |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Do you have Trend lifters in this engine?
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03-23-2019, 11:46 PM | #1096 |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
If you can get or borrow a set of clear plexiglass rocker covers to use when on the dyno it might also give you a visual perspective on whats going on.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
They're Bullets edm lifters. I don't know who manufactures them for Bullet.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Especially with roller rocker arms.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Might want to start with oil restrictors with .060 hole in them on engine stand and prime engine to see results up top.You can always make the hole bigger.
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