Alright.. First one was MAYBE my fault. I didn't put the oil pump drive rod in and it MAY have lost contact with the pump causing oil starvation followed by one rod coming out the side of the block and oil pump broke in half. Based on that, I knew when I saw that oil pump rod in the bolt bin things were NOT as they should be.
The second one is still together and will back in action in the Enforcer very soon. That motor had a LUNATI lifter grind itself down till it had a hole in the bottom of it. All 15 of the others are just fine as well as the cam still has it's lobe on it. I'm almost tempted to just drop a stock lifter in that hole and let er rip. BUT, I have a new cam and if Cliff's old D0VE heads come back good they'll be on that motor kicking your A$$. LOL I fact, I might try running my other VooDoo cam with the D0VE heads. It's already broken in.
If anything, I sure as hell know what NOT to do with a 460 now. Anyway, back to Cliffs motor.
Plastiguaged a few of the rods and they were all coming in at .0015 and .0016. One of the pistons has a chipped moly top ring Bobby caught that will have to be replaced. I know Blaine's has those in stock so I'll get it in the morning when I take those old D0VE's down there.
There was also some concern of either a number 2 or number 6 rod bolt not torquing correctly. We were guessing for the mid step torque with the wrench set on 45 the whole way. What I will do in the morning is loosen those two and let them rest while I run down to the machine shop and when I get back I'll use the wrench to torque to 35, then torque to 45 and measure the rotation. If ANY of the four turns over a 1/8th more turn than the other three from 35 to 45 I'll take it down and get the bolts replaced. That will be a one day turn around to get it pressed and resized. If all four rotate the same we'll go with it.
