She Runs :-)

[bonnie&clyde]

well after my oil issue got solved she finally cranks up, still need to set the timing right adjust the tail pipes and get tuned but atleast now she turns on

[FRANCISCO308]

Sounds good!! Congrats on getting it going

[Steve]

Sounds pretty good! Looks like you need some hangers on your tailpipes with them hanging that low.

[bonnie&clyde]

Sounds pretty good! Looks like you need some hangers on your tailpipes with them hanging that low.

well the hangers i had didnt fit so i had to get those from vatozone, i just need to adjust them so they will be snug

[lilvega]

What cam is that?

[bonnie&clyde]

its a ShaunT cam

[ma67cpe]

very nice sounds good

[turbostang]

So what was the oiling problem?

[Fast.0]

nice

[bonnie&clyde]

So what was the oiling problem?

cam base circle too small, the lifters were going too far into the block so Travis had to grind off some of the lifter from the oil hole on the side of the lifter down to the oil band, now im getting really good oil up to the pushrods

[turbostang]

cam base circle too small, the lifters were going too far into the block so Travis had to grind off some of the lifter from the oil hole on the side of the lifter down to the oil band, now im getting really good oil up to the pushrods

So, this is the part where I say "I told you so"??

why is it necessary?

Solid lifters are just that, solid. They don't require near as much oil to make the valve train move - and therefor pump a lot of unnecessary oil to the top of the enigne. In some cases, they can aid in pumping the pan dry - and in extreme cases, burn up the bottom end.

so what ur saying is that the lifters are the wrong lifters??? what lifters do u recommend???

Not necessarily wrong, but something's screwed up with them.

If you can see oil "gushing" out of the lifter bores like you said you could, then that ONLY leaves the lifters as the culprit - doesn't it?

CHECK THEM!!

...and FWIW, that's a bandaid fix - for what you spent on labor you could have just put the right lifters in it. Had you mentioned SBC cam in the first place, we most likely wouldn't have this problem.

[Slo89lx]

Sounds good what is the spec on the motor, trans, efi or carb?

[turbostang]

i didnt know it was a chevy cam or else i would have known to get the right parts, as for labor it really wasnt alot, cost less than a set of new lifters

No, not a chevy cam a Small Base Circle, aka SBC.

regardless of cost, a new set of lifters is the right way.

[LS1Goat]

good deal.

[projectPONY]

I told you there was a possibility that they were the wrong lifters cuz!