R3W7 Assembly

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gregcon said:
Opinions...?

I'm looking at bringing pressurized oil out through a .028" hole to oil the gear drive. I've come up with about 4 ways I could do this.

I can bring oil out of 'A' and spray it 90 degrees onto 'B'. But, that's not a great place due to the direction of rotation and centrifugal forces...it'll fling the oil all over and generally not where I want it to go.

I can bring the oil out 'A' and pipe it down to 'C' to feed the crank gear. This is good because oiling the crank/idler gear is spinning twice as fast as the cam gear. But, it still is counter to the direction of rotation and is not the best as far as centrifugal forces and my desire to feed the cam's thrust needle bearing with oil.

I can send oil from 'A' to 'D'...this will feed the oil into the gear mesh but a lot of oil will still fling off the gears.

My best solution so far is to bring oil out 'E' and aim it 90 degrees at the cam needle bearing. This will oil the bearing well, and I'm thinking the oil will then fling out until it hits the inside of the cam gear. If I drill some small holes at the bottom of the cam gear teeth, the oil will work its way out and lube the gear teeth.

Also, why did Milodon drill the gear plate with extra holes half-over the cam galleys? Did some year small blocks (or Hemis) need holes there?



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I was never concerned with the gears getting oil. What I wS told was to bring oil to the cam thrust plate side. The outside has a needle bearing, but the other side has the thrust. I dremeled a small trough that gets oil from the drivers side oil galley plug .040 hole to the trough and directed by the trough to the cam thrust surface.
I think there will be plenty of gear oil from the #1 main leakage and the sloshing of oil from the lifter galley area on deceleration and the front cam bearing leakage.
 
Duane said:
I was never concerned with the gears getting oil. What I wS told was to bring oil to the cam thrust plate side. The outside has a needle bearing, but the other side has the thrust. I dremeled a small trough that gets oil from the drivers side oil galley plug .040 hole to the trough and directed by the trough to the cam thrust surface.
I think there will be plenty of gear oil from the #1 main leakage and the sloshing of oil from the lifter galley area on deceleration and the front cam bearing leakage.
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Are you talking about getting oil to the cam between the cam and the plate?
 
Long time, little progress. But....the Gerst suspension (and Wildwood brakes) arrived and the Winchester valve covers shipped to me today. So, the time is approaching that I start making some headway again.

Mark Winchester in CA fabbed these covers to my specs...he is a one man operation with a long waiting list but he can and will make whatever you like. I kept these pretty simple with baffled #8 fittings for evacuation and a fill cap.

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gregcon said:
Long time, little progress. But....the Gerst suspension (and Wildwood brakes) arrived and the Winchester valve covers shipped to me today. So, the time is approaching that I start making some headway again.

Mark Winchester in CA fabbed these covers to my specs...he is a one man operation with a long waiting list but he can and will make whatever you like. I kept these pretty simple with baffled #8 fittings for evacuation and a fill cap.

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Jewelry!
 
gregcon said:
Long time, little progress. But....the Gerst suspension (and Wildwood brakes) arrived and the Winchester valve covers shipped to me today. So, the time is approaching that I start making some headway again.

Mark Winchester in CA fabbed these covers to my specs...he is a one man operation with a long waiting list but he can and will make whatever you like. I kept these pretty simple with baffled #8 fittings for evacuation and a fill cap.

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What’s the baffling look like under you #8 fittings?
 
wow, nice stuff. I always liked the moroso fabricated covers, but these are even nicer. Gonna give us a hint about the cost?

Michael
 
Thanks all. I'll post a pic of the baffling once I get them. It's a simple shield, basically. I actually don't recall what I paid* but it was under $500 and more than $300. Cheap, no, but not bad either for custom built, American made parts.

*Mark is very 'in demand' and works 12 hours/day x 6 days/week. When I ordered these he warned me he was only taking orders for people not in a hurry. These took around 6 months to get done.
 
Quality work and the wait is worth the wait and expense in the long run when you forget the price and are still enjoying the beauty workmanship from a craftsmen.
 
gregcon said:
Long time, little progress. But....the Gerst suspension (and Wildwood brakes) arrived and the Winchester valve covers shipped to me today. So, the time is approaching that I start making some headway again.

Mark Winchester in CA fabbed these covers to my specs...he is a one man operation with a long waiting list but he can and will make whatever you like. I kept these pretty simple with baffled #8 fittings for evacuation and a fill cap.

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Great thread Greg and those covers look flash mate.
 
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