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FE Technical Forum / Cam failure flush
« on: November 01, 2021, 09:41:36 PM »
Hey all,
Picked up a project 390 this weekend. New build, the guy I bought it from ran with a small cam for less than 500 miles, wanted a bigger cam and it failed on break in, pretty common these days, but I've never dealt with it. Gonna start taking it down this next weekend.
Can this be flushed out satisfactorily at home? if the cam bearings look ok can they be run or will there be too much metal embedded in them. What do you guys usually do?
Specs are pretty decent on the parts, I'm ahead on that even if the block would be toast. It has a balanced reciprocating assembly with JE forged pistons, supposed to be at zero deck height, 10.5 to one, Promax heads, Harland sharp rockers, new water pump, hoping to salvage it to make a decent runner
Picked up a project 390 this weekend. New build, the guy I bought it from ran with a small cam for less than 500 miles, wanted a bigger cam and it failed on break in, pretty common these days, but I've never dealt with it. Gonna start taking it down this next weekend.
Can this be flushed out satisfactorily at home? if the cam bearings look ok can they be run or will there be too much metal embedded in them. What do you guys usually do?
Specs are pretty decent on the parts, I'm ahead on that even if the block would be toast. It has a balanced reciprocating assembly with JE forged pistons, supposed to be at zero deck height, 10.5 to one, Promax heads, Harland sharp rockers, new water pump, hoping to salvage it to make a decent runner