Oil Accessory?

Eric has called you out............

Greg call me in 15 minutes on my cell on my way to work, 330-322-8817..
are you going with the 4 bolt caps, maybe im confused

what kind of guy would i be if a waited until after you had it line bored lol

Thanks Jody. I have a set of 4-bolt caps from the frozen block I replaced. Like Gary said though, it'll have to be line bored after the drill and tap.

I did see where main studs really beef up a 2-bolt on some Chevy forums; do you agree? I loaned out my picker so I don't have the machinist's opinion yet. Hopefully it's in as good of shape as I think it is. I'll give you a call when I see what's in the mail.

I wonder if the machine shop can clean it up...I hate to be upsetting newbies.

rightnwrong wrote: What is that? It looks like dirt.

There are 27 posts in this thread. What are you referring to that's dirty?

Luch, and its 120 degrees down there!!!!!!

Greg, same persona out there as you gotta have a Ford 9" in the ass end, these guy's putt around in there 50k fresh built hot rods and putt back and forth to the car shows, never ever smoking the tires off. im putting a 37 ford panel truck together for my uncle and he wants a 9" in the ass....he showed up with a flathead v-8, talked him out of that, got him a Mustang 2 front end, obviously i asked what he was going to do with this thing and he said drive it around...
needless to say because i have one laying around, a 10 bolt chevy is going under it, one of the younger guys at the shop keeps putting the bug in his head about the ford 9" only because he runs a 88 trans am with a Ford 9", the kid built up a small block Chevy and seems to think he has 500 hp.......well i made him a bet, when he is all done i told him we will take it down to the dyno and if he has more than 300 at the rear wheels I'll give him 500 bucks...not even worried

BuffaloBFN wrote: I'm going to price the drill and tap or adding studs, but I'm not going to worry about it.

Hey Greg if your going to have machine work done check with your shop and see what they recommend.When you change caps you will need to have it align bored anyway.By the time you buy the drill and break off the tap you'll be way ahead. See you at the river run???

I'm having a hard time picturing a block twisting, but I guess even continents move a little. I started reading some Chevy forums and the best line yet is "a 4-bolt is for guys who can't sleep at night". The summary so far is 2-bolts are fine to 6000-6500 and 500-600 HP.

I'm going to price the drill and tap or adding studs, but I'm not going to worry about it.

Tired chain

Thanks Joe, back at 'cha!

And Thanks Jody, I know I want the balancer. I'll give you a call maybe Monday? I probably won't get back to it until then.

It's a 2-bolt.    I'm still glad it followed me home though. All things considered, it's in great shape. Nothing is scored and everything has factory bearings.

I still have the 4-bolt caps from the frozen block, and the inside holes line up with the '2-bolts'. I wonder if it's expensive to drill and tap the others or even if it's worth it. I've heard of 2-bolts turning well over 6k.

Early interceptor marine engines sported oil coolers both as optional and standard features at different times, amongst others.. but I am guessing it was primarily a band aid to what were less efficient engine cooling systems. Ford has a similar bolt on filter extension/oil cooler outlet bracket for the windsor engines used in various fleet vehicles and police interceptors over the years, and a slightly better design for the modular engines used in similar applications. Is it part of the reason they typically run into the many hundred thousands of miles, dont know but they probably don't hurt. Either way I would deep six it...

Hope you and Amy have a great Thanksgiving..

I'm going to tell Amy what you called her engine.

It was nasty...clearly been leaking oil for many miles. It's super clean on the inside though except for the valve covers. The assembly turns smoothly, the cylinders are nice with a minimal ridge...

I wish I had a bore gauge. I think it's been apart once before.

Jody, if you see this, is the balancer you have a RH or LH?