My 427 SOHC Build..... Finally the time has come!

[cobracammer]

Yes actually.

[blykins]

I'm on a laptop, so it's hard for me to see, but a couple of pictures that were zoomed in kinda looked like copper flakes.  The other stuff just looked like grit, hair, sealant, etc.

[cobracammer]

Its tiny, but it all looks copper colored. Is that bad?

[blykins]

You running a bronze dist gear?

It's showing up better on my phone, is there a lot of it?  What brand bearings did you use?

[cobracammer]

Billet steel distributor gear. I think the thrust bearing was copper colored. sealed power main bearings

[blykins]

At first it just looked like a lot of trash, but I started zooming in. 

Anything else bronze?  Bronze thrust plate?

[cobracammer]

Not that I can remember other that the thrust bearing  ( no thrust plate on a cammer)

[blykins]

Thrust plate between stub cam and timing set ?

[cobracammer]

Doesnt use it. Uses a roller bearing in the timing cover with a cover

[blykins]

I'll let the others chime in and help brainstorm.

Did you have good crank thrust clearance?  Did you happen to check and see if you had enough input shaft to crank clearance? 

[cobracammer]

Yea. Thrust clearance was good. Front to back crank movement was to spec

[blykins]

Did the trans slide in or did you have to pull it the last bit with the bolts?

[cjshaker]

Copper colored is typically not good. Fist thing that comes to mind is the thrust bearing. There's definitely more trash in there than what I would like to see, and have seen on my own engines. I wouldn't panic yet though, it may just be from inadequate cleaning like Brent said. I would definitely cut another filter open though, and MUCH sooner than 500 miles. More like after another 20-30 minutes of run time. If you see that much trash again, then I'd say you have an issue. If it's clean then, you may be in the clear.

[blykins]

You usually don't have thrust bearing issues unless you have zero clearance or the trans is putting pressure on the crank. 

But, I would agree that it doesn't look good, especially if all the debris is copper colored.

[cobracammer]

Trans slid in perfect. Ill cut the next filter open again. Going to change the oil too