Requiemk

I have never worked with a one piece crank girdle. Is this a motorcycle engine?

Aidan had an issue a few months ago with a Pre65 Cortina motor rebuild. One of the main bearings was a different size to the others (.010" under I think).

this . when i refershed the ca i had one bearing that decided it was too virgin to run ..

in short check each cap by itself .

if not how tight? have only once run across a bearing begin too tight and it was because out of the set one was oversize

i haven't measured each individual bearing but each have std size markings on them, i was under the assumption after a few spins of the crank the tight bearing would soon be apparent when removed and checking for wear marks.

Engine is a rb30, 6 cylinder

i disassembled a second engine a while back and put these bearings in last night as a test and still gives same results as first good block.

This would in my eyes eliminate the engines themselves and just put it down to bearings or installer.

I think i will need to check each bearing individually just quite time consuming with girdle.

Its far to tight, instead of being in range of 0.025 to 0.030 it was down below 0.010 and i think that was just because its all the squash i could get out of the plastic gauge.

thrust is also noted, within spec and not dragging.

i have measured each journal on one engine and all came up to spec.

It runs a single piece crank girdle so all main caps are tightened as one, i have not tried eliminating specific bearing/bearings but there is no obvious difference in wear marks to any of the bearings compared to others.

i have really come to conclusion it has to be dud bearings but thickness measures sweet so am still baffled.

Assembling my engine and crank main bearings are far to tight, annihilates plastic gauge and crank clearance to tight with even just main caps nipped slightly with 3/8" bar.

I remeasured everything and tried different crank in engine, same result.

new bearings are standard size and so is all engine specs/rebuild.

I then tried these new bearings in another spare engine to same result.

bearings match part numbers and all stamped std, measure up to spec with micrometer.

I am out of ideas, it should work...?

a magnet, yes.

gap plugs down below specs to see if you get different results?

blew head gasket, do a cooling system pressure test hahaaaha

fuel filter blocked

What area you in mate got a cheap starlet you could have will be a definate project car though.

have you heard of stationary full load cooling test? its also used for diagnosis of oil related issues.

is it as appears in this picture with the orange lid?

yuh should be sweet i will holla at you sooner to that time.

Wicked as i need at least 2 possibly 3 air out and water in

got anything you could sell me?

Anyone know of any cars which has a remote top tank, need one and will be easier looking for specific cars

cheers

is your motor really that shit to do an engine conversion to a a15?

i had a feeling they were a distributors.

Is there price on seals comparable to saeco/precision bearings?

SO im currently gathering pricing to refresh my engine up and there seems to be large price diferences.

Im after rings/bearings/seals.

repco is uber expensive

sta seemed like a cheap good option.

anyone had good experiences with other places?

cheers boys sump all made, will post some pics up in a few days

i ended up migging it, didn't turn out to bad.

Oh sweet, this way i wont have to modify the pick up as it suits where it used to sit.

Yep dummy engine all in, baffles and trapdoor set-up is part of the plan.

cheers kk that sounds like a good spec to use haha

So i need to make a new sump for car and just wondering about oil flow/amount is in circulation while engine is running.

New sump design has a flat bottom to in with no hump as such for oil to naturally flow to, it will hold and extra litre or 2 by design thou.

any thoughts on this?

slowly seems to be be a key thing, saving for radiator and inter cooler set-up so i can get everything mounted up.

sweet, ill take a calliper off tomorrow night for ya.

hey iv got the brakes out of my fd at the moment if your still after those measurements? there type rs so bit bigger though....

repco.

there are 2 main types of sealed beam headlights, i think yours is the larger, you'll no when you buy it.

just out of any interest does anyone daily no wof no reg? its not something high on my concern list.