11-23-2008, 01:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkadelphia, AR,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 brushed aluminum with Keith Craft 527C.I. all aluminum FE
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427 Block and oiling
It sounds like the guys that worked on your engine did not even have the top oil galley plugs out of the engine or they would have seen that these were blocked. They should clean every oil galley well before they assemble an engine and if they had done that they would have sen these galleys blocked. Ford drove a solid pin in these galleys and you pretty much have to drill them out when you have the engine apart. We even like a small amount of oil going to the lifters when they are solid flat tappets to help oil the bottom of the lifter for better life. This where some people know what to with a FE angine and some don't.
We have even started oiling the pushrod cups up through the pushrods since the oiling through the shafts is not very good and will show signs of heat with any spring pressure at all. You have an endurance engine so some oil through the lifter passages would not be a bad thing with the solid lifters as well.
Be careful breaking in the new solid flat tappet camshaft because there have been a lot going out over the last few years. You would be best with some special break in oil and Comp Cams additive. Good luck, Keith Craft
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