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M-35tom, I'll pass your suggestion for a oil pump on to the racing community. I'm sure they will appreciate all the money they will save from not having to buy high volume pumps (with higher relief valves) and scavenger systems which can cost into the thousands ;). If anyone really read what I...

JasonS, when I went with the HiPo rod bolts I had to resize the rod ends due to the expansion from the drilling out to the larger size. It's not much, but remember that the clearances are in the thousandths of an inch.

JasonS, look at the new Cat C9 and the Cummins ISL & ISC engines. To gimpyrobb, how high of RPM was your engine running at ? At my Tech school to demonstrate the lack of oil on engine, we took a Chrysler 318 dumped all the oil and ran it with a brick on the gas peddle, full throttle. It lasted...

JasonS, I didn't go into all the details of the machining work done to the IHC engine. One of the mods was to use the Mopar Direct Connection 440cid HiPo rod bolts. This intailed drilling out the rod ends, fitting the bolts, then machining the rod ends to the correct size. Another thing that...

Patracy, I said VOLUME and PRESSURE. I've seen and built many engines including the MAN engines people keep talking about, and in most all cases when there is major failure like a rod through the block it can be traced back to oil lose. Right now I work for a major transit agency with over 1400...

I don't know if anyone is still reading this post, but since I'm a Newbee and have only gotten so far in my reading I'm really behind the eight ball here. As a ASE certified Master Mechanic for over 30 yrs I've seen a lot of engines blown apart. The main reason I've seen pistons ventilate...