Tips, Tricks?

I got the block for the motor i am starting bored already, still at the machine shop cause they ask me about threaded plugs and a bunch of other options, which of these kinds of things will help prolong longevity of the motor, and or make more power......


I head a high volume oil pump robs power, and doesn't do too much better of an oiling job in a low rpm motor.....


i am just curious about little things like that, so that i can get every oounce of power out of the new motor when it is done. I am sure that some of the "few years my senior" gearheads on here can help out a young buck like myself....lol

come one guys pitch in... ever other question i have posted lately i have being helped with, so now i just about have everything in line to start assembling the short block.... just a few more things to buy...


jason

i already bought the FMS heavy duty drive shaft(oil), and i was trying to find an article on a windage tray to read up on exactly how they work, pretty much a crank scraper or what.......?

i went to books-a-million even, but they had no literature in stock, they said we'll order anything. I said i can order it, i wanted it to read now....lol

feel free to explain this to me grady, i have also heard something about chamferring the crank etc, but what if the crank already has been done this way. I also read about plugging some oil passages to better control oil flow, which to me doesn't make sense...??

help me out guys......

jason

I also heard that knife edging the crank helps a lot, but won't that make it weaker..... something about it slicing through the oil in the pan rather than "impacting" it.....


jason

well i have a friend that works at the machine shop they are gonna do what he said is the best balancing they know how to do, they said they would balance each, then put pistons on rods, then rebalance (if doesn't check out0does this sound right?

i am working on the combination Joe, the heads and intake are gonna cost more than the shortblock, considering running the heads and intake i have now until i get the AFR, and other stuff........that is in the next month or so when the motor is done...

jason

i was told it could yield around 5 hp at higher rpm... but if i do three to four of these small things, that would be around 20hp...... just working at it.....lol Planning on using hyper pistons, total seal rings, and try to get the shortblock to as close to perfect specs as possible, crankshaft endplay etc... Degreeing in custom cam with a wheel...

Any opinions on what are the best bearings, i have been told both federal mogul, and Clevite...??? I am also gonna make sure the valvetrain has the correct length pushrods, so it won't be noisy like my setup now, (haven't had time to check and shim it yet).

just using this to Gather ideas..... Have you heard of anyone knife edging a crank, kinda pricey even with the free labor of my bud, they still will charge to use machinery..... bonus is i get to learn a little about the process as i will be ther when it gets done.......


jason