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Last Mohecian

Last Mohecian

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blazeracer said:
Motor Head said:
Mine runs 65 hot and 75 cold.
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Mine will hit 60-65 when it's cold with new oil and filter. After it's been run for a while it will be at 45 cold and drops as it warms up to about 15, but that's when I shut it down. Who knows how low it would go if I kept on it. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy at Blaines put on the slip to polish the crank, then the guy doing the work turned it down .010. I have a feeling that was the case on BOTH motors.

Oh, running a Melling oil pump and Valvoline VR-1 oil.

Hey, I still have my other motor sitting here with the pan off and six slugs still in it. I'll pick up some plastigauge today and measure it out.
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That seems kinda far fetched to me.  Even though Blaines in not really a performance shop, they have been there a long time.  You don't survive that long doing that kind of work.  You may have an oil temp problem.  Only way to tell for sure is to put a temp gauge on it.  Perhaps an oil cooler is in your best interest.  I have one I'd sell.
 
73 Sanger Flat

73 Sanger Flat

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I think with the extra .010 celarence , if the machine shop did turn it to 10 under , it would have knocked the bearing out by now and it would be knocking .. With the cam going away and not running good at idel , the pressure would be lower than normal any way .. I still say if you have 15-20 lbs of pressure at idle you will be fine ..
 
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sturat

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my BBF runs 85ish cold and 75-80 when running, I have a melling pump with a 14 quart side kick out basset pan.
I run rotella straight 40.
 
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blazeracer

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Last Mohican said:
blazeracer said:
Motor Head said:
Mine runs 65 hot and 75 cold.
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Mine will hit 60-65 when it's cold with new oil and filter. After it's been run for a while it will be at 45 cold and drops as it warms up to about 15, but that's when I shut it down. Who knows how low it would go if I kept on it. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy at Blaines put on the slip to polish the crank, then the guy doing the work turned it down .010. I have a feeling that was the case on BOTH motors.

Oh, running a Melling oil pump and Valvoline VR-1 oil.

Hey, I still have my other motor sitting here with the pan off and six slugs still in it. I'll pick up some plastigauge today and measure it out.
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That seems kinda far fetched to me.  Even though Blaines in not really a performance shop, they have been there a long time.  You don't survive that long doing that kind of work.  You may have an oil temp problem.  Only way to tell for sure is to put a temp gauge on it.  Perhaps an oil cooler is in your best interest.  I have one I'd sell.
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I still have that old oil cooler here that was on it last year. You could be onto something there, but I never really ran it that hard. I don't think the motor was ever on longer than 10 minutes all summer long.
 
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blazeracer

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Brazos River Rat ( Billy ) said:
I think with the extra .010 celarence , if the machine shop did turn it to 10 under , it would have knocked the bearing out by now and it would be knocking .. With the cam going away and not running good at idel , the pressure would be lower than normal any way .. I still say if you have 15-20 lbs of pressure at idle you will be fine ..
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That was the thing. At idle the pressure would creep back up to 40 or so, then drop again to 15-20 when it RPM'd up. It probably would have been kocking it they were all 10 under.

Gotta fix fridges now. We'll start a new thread on this next week after the motor is out.
 
73 Sanger Flat

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HammerDown said:
Since I cant seem to post pics in the gallery due to our internet filter, I'm doing it here
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Post away . We love pictures..    Only two V-Drives in theses picture , where all my buddies at ?? Why is it that my boat is the only one facing out ?? LOL .. All my V-Drive buddies must have already left me there by myself .. ..
 
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blazeracer

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Brazos River Rat ( Billy ) said:
HammerDown said:
Since I cant seem to post pics in the gallery due to our internet filter, I'm doing it here
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Post away . We love pictures..  Why is it that my boat is the only one facing out ?? LOL .. All my V-Drive buddies must have already left me there by myself .. ..
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If it had a jet you could slide up on the sand with all the cool kids.. LOL Just playin man, nice boat.
 
73 Sanger Flat

73 Sanger Flat

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I could slide it up on the beach , but don;t think we could get it back off  it once the rudder buried itself in that sand .. Thanks
 
Devilman

Devilman

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HammerDown said:
Since I cant seem to post pics in the gallery due to our internet filter, I'm doing it here
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Nice pics, keep 'em coming... we can get 'em in the gallery later. :cool:
 
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blazeracer

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HammerDown said:
Last Mohican said:
HammerDown said:
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Great pics Jeff.  Boy if those two in the first pic don't look like trouble.  Pink coozie and all.  LOL
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I knew it! I knew me holding Jens pop while she took the pic would get me in trouble....LOL
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Could almost put that one in one of those Miller Light commercials.. LOL

"yeah, just give me any light beer"
 
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TintMan

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It does APPEAR that way! That dude was nuts...someone commented...If this we're my event..."I'd have to ask that guy to leave!!!!" :grin: :grin: :grin:
 
Crusader

Crusader

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TintMan said:
It does APPEAR that way! That dude was nuts...someone commented...If this we're my event..."I'd have to ask that guy to leave!!!!" :grin: :grin: :grin:
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And he doesn't drink either!! Lol....

Each time I ran someone, he would line up and we'd run 3 wide....made me a little nervous because we were running into the sun and I couldn't see my lane very well so I backed off.....

 
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