spun bearings

[oldgold]

383 scat crank 5.7 stock floated rods speedpro flattop pistons 64cc head
rods 2.5 mains 2.0 clearances ran on engine stand 2 hours 2,000 rpm 65 psi oil pressure 150degrees water temp. installed in car ran again for 1 hr. took to track in warm up laps ran about 8 laps before oil pressure lite came on. tore down 2 spun bearings all new stuff why? sucking air in corners, oil pump trash only spun 2 bearings 3-4 if it was starved wouldnt bearings farthest away from pump be first to spin? block was line bored, crank was crack checked checked for straightness polished .

[Hendrens Racing Engines]

If I am reading this correctly you have .0025 rod clearance and .002 mains. thats .001 to tight on the mains. what is the rod side clearance?Bill

[dirty white boy]

3 an 4 or 5 an 6 was always the ones i had spin....i try not to do that no more,..cost to much...

[CNC BLOCKS]

383 scat crank 5.7 stock floated rods speedpro flattop pistons 64cc head
rods 2.5 mains 2.0 clearances ran on engine stand 2 hours 2,000 rpm 65 psi oil pressure 150degrees water temp. installed in car ran again for 1 hr. took to track in warm up laps ran about 8 laps before oil pressure lite came on. tore down 2 spun bearings all new stuff why? sucking air in corners, oil pump trash only spun 2 bearings 3-4 if it was starved wouldnt bearings farthest away from pump be first to spin? block was line bored, crank was crack checked checked for straightness polished .

What material was the crank and what bearings did you use. Was your oil filter bypass plugged??

Sounds like an oil issue because 3 and 4 rods are fed by different mains.

I have seen engines with tighter clearances on the rods and mains live and not have any problems!!

[SLM98]

What oil filter did you have on and what weight oil?

[fast_crew]

What did the main brgs look like? The rods are oiled from the mains... Does the oil pump spin freely?

[runyou-2]

oH boy...here we gooooooooooooooooooooo.....

[oldgold]

15 thousands on rod side clearance mr Hendren.
this is all cheap stuff ,scat crank, stock 5.7 rods floated, speedpro flattop hyperu cracktic pistons. oil filter bypass open oil plug under main cap wix/carquest filter. mains should be near .003? they were .002 mellings M55 hv stock pan (must run)

[CNC BLOCKS]

If you used a stock pick up and your cirle track racing that is most likely your problem as the pick is so big it does not take much to expose it to some air.

[Hendrens Racing Engines]

15 thousands on rod side clearance mr Hendren.
this is all cheap stuff ,scat crank, stock 5.7 rods floated, speedpro flattop hyperu cracktic pistons. oil filter bypass open oil plug under main cap wix/carquest filter. mains should be near .003? they were .002 mellings M55 hv stock pan (must run)

Normally you wont have a problem with to much clearance causing bearing problems but you sure will if there to tight. I assume because this was a low dollar build the block was not align honed,if not I would torque the caps on the block with no bearings and measure the main bores to make sure there on size and the correct cap is where it should be. I have seen many times where the caps were mixed up or numbered wrong. Bill

[hpontap]

A stock pan and an M55HV is more than likely what happened. You sucked the pan dry and starved the engine when you got on the track. Stock blueprinted O/P or an M55A would have been a better choice with a stock pan.

[oldgold]

this block was align honed , fresh bore job ,crank was crack checked ,checked for straightness, polished. rods were bought resized, and made floaters, pistons were new. i am concerned about grinding the crank ,resizing the rods and putting it back together and the same thing happening.wouldnt if the mains were out cause a main bearing problem or would a main bearing kinda live ok but show up on a rod .

[oldgold]

we use a stock pickup on our other engines and never have a oil pressure problem with stock pan and pickup. 3/8th off the bottom 20w 50 havoline oil wix filter.80psi cold 60psi at 6200 warm.2.5 on rods,2.5 on mains.bearings in our other motors look like new after our 20 shows. i am baffled at this point.

[oldgold]

you are thinking the hv pump is putting to much oil to the top
how do you get a good oil pressure with a stock pump ,i dont feel real good about 35-40 psi @5500 you end up with about 5-10psi on cautions.

[powerslide]

i wouldnt reuse the crank. bill told me awhile back if its cracked around the radi that you can fix it but just a matter of time before it breaks in two.(had a buddy fix his that spun and it busted in half after 8-10 races) probably get 2 new rods as well stock rods arent that high.