Breathing new life into the 318 in the Scamp!
Good afternoon.
It's been a minute.
After much hesitation and other priorities/ problems in my path, I have made it a priority to finish this project.
I won't be driving the car anymore, but it's the wrench or yard art, no matter where it goes at this point.
From left to right show my earliest to most recent attempts at break in. Same lifter bore.
I have the tool coming my way to correct the bore, as three different lifters have proven the same results, only with less run time on each, once I noticed the pushrod rotation stopping. Rules out lifter. Cam surface still has no issues.
It rotates about 90° on cold, just enough to build lifter oil pressure and manifold heat, then it stops.
If a bore fix does not take care of it, my two options are a replacement cam and lifter set to possibly correct a foul lobe that I am not seeing or measuring, or a brick on the gas and a reach through the window to the column shifter.
Good afternoon.
It's been a minute.
After much hesitation and other priorities/ problems in my path, I have made it a priority to finish this project.
I won't be driving the car anymore, but it's the wrench or yard art, no matter where it goes at this point.
From left to right show my earliest to most recent attempts at break in. Same lifter bore.
I have the tool coming my way to correct the bore, as three different lifters have proven the same results, only with less run time on each, once I noticed the pushrod rotation stopping. Rules out lifter. Cam surface still has no issues.
It rotates about 90° on cold, just enough to build lifter oil pressure and manifold heat, then it stops.
If a bore fix does not take care of it, my two options are a replacement cam and lifter set to possibly correct a foul lobe that I am not seeing or measuring, or a brick on the gas and a reach through the window to the column shifter.