Dear all,
thanks for the kind answers. I posted the same in "all cobra talk" and left there the following in additional:
"PS: I forgot one point maybe the most important: Pressure at
oil pump is set to 114 PSI. We did the same thing with Buick and Chevy engines and nothing happend.
Is the distributor gear for Ford from such a weak material that it can not withstand the higher load comming from my oilpump?
Are there better distributor gears for high performance use available?
My one was made from steel.
Cheers from Germany,
Uwe
Wilf,
the cam is a crane hydraulik part nr. 524421.
No roller.
I'm using 5W40
Oil, shouldn't be a problem.
I will partly disassemble the engine, clean the sump, check the cam gear and
oil pump.
The pressure will be readjusted to 80-85 PSI cold and 70-75 PSI warm.
The only thing I'm looking for is a better Distributor gear. Made from Steel instead of Iron??? There are steel gears availlable from Crane for my distributor.
Mine was Iron, not Steel as I posted before.
O.K. so far???
What Crane says about my cam is:
FAIR IDLE, MODERATE PERFORMANCE USAGE, GOOD MID-RANGE HP, BRACKET RACING, AUTO TRANS W/2500+ CONVERTER, 3200-3600 CRUISE RPM, 9.5 TO 11.0 COMPRESSION RATIO ADVISED. BASIC RPM 2500-5500
Thanks for helping an completely frustrated(at the moment) Cleveland driver.
Cheers,
Uwe
Rick and Perry Henry,
we pushed the pressure up because our engines are made to go 7000 revs and more. We tried to be on the "safe side".
No problem so far with chevys and buicks.
Because of the cleveland oiling problems we decided to go the same way, but we learned.................
I'm going to heed your statements, the pressure will be droped to 70-75 warm.
Sorry for my bad english writing
Thanks all,
Uwe"
Sorry for my late response, I was a little bit frustrated yesterday and tried to get as much as possible answers.
A well motivated,
Uwe