Roller CAM -FE

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by Jamo

BTW, I'm mindful of the fact that you are intending to use an iron block, which is not going to be hydraulic ready. As others have noted, getting oil to the needle bearings on a roller rocker is a prime consideration in an FE block...so make sure all the tricks are utilized...a bit more oil pressure, etc., and remember to keep blipping the throttle to create splash.

This is why, IMO, solid rollers tend to have an easier time running down the quarter mile than in stop and go down a highway. It's the idling and slow speeds that kill them.

Are you stuck on an iron block? By the time you get one sleeved and cleaned up, the arruminum blocks end up costing about the same. Just something else to think about.

Is that question for me, Jamo? If so, my block problems are legion. I started with a factory iron sideoiler block. Long story, but that was ruined in the process. Then I went to an aftermarket iron block. That blosk is drilled for hydraulics, but the block arrived with heavy porosity problems. I'm trying to work a resolution to that now, and it'll be replaced with either another aftermarket iron block, or an aluminum block from the same manufacturer. It's in their court now......for the last three months.