So I was reading this though and thought this was interesting.
I idled it today to burp the cooling system and just to circulate the oil a bit. Made it about 5 minutes, up to 133 degrees water temp, oil pressure holding at 83psi (idle high due to base map). Then it died. Wouldn't restart, starter making horrible noises, but no crank. Figured maybe it vapor locked (running crazy rich on base map.) since there was gas coming up out of the throttles once it died. http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/ ... RjkqX.dpuf
Not an oiling issue. Cam cap order is supposed to be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 not 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8. Buddy put them on in wrong order. Well so yeah it's an oiling issue caused by bad clearances. But there was nothing wrong with the oiling system itself. - See more at: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/ ... Pztur.dpuf
I think that even though the cam cap order is important, that to think that two caps were in the incorrect order is a little ridiculous.
For fun:
Anyone hazard a guess on what happened?
My opinion is that the front cylinder head received no oil. Those heads are as dry as (insert "your mom" joke and an inappropriate genital reference
here) from the looks at things, and no metal flakes were detected in the engine oil.
So then the head would have been "sealed" off from the bottom end.
I would wonder if he installed the wrong head gasket, or maybe it was the wrong direction, blocking off the oil passageways?
It's a real shame, the engine itself looked like it would have been a real winner if it ran.