was reading about something and came across this thread:
http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=83821
About half way down in a post from Grumpyvette there is some info about filing the lower part of the distributor housing to allow pressurized oil to spray onto the distributor drive gear... sounds like a good Idea to me... maybe...
Anyone ever do this? I have not been able to turn up any more info on doing it(only interested in this for use on a 350)
I have a couple of related questions that could probably be answered with a good diagram, but don't have one in front of me, so:
1) The part of the distributor housing that would be getting pressurized oil would be sharing the same oil source as the lifters right?
2)I assume doing this would tax (slightly?) the oil supply for the lifters? But I'm not sure how the drilling for crank & rod/cam oil relate to the lifters... Do the lifters have a seperate drilling circuit coming off the oil pump?
I would not want to try something like this and find out that one of the rods farthest from the pump is being starved of oil because it's all being diverted upstream...
I would also assume checking the wear and clearance between the dist. housing, and the block, would be wise... in case you were already spraying oil in this manner and didn't know...
http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=83821
About half way down in a post from Grumpyvette there is some info about filing the lower part of the distributor housing to allow pressurized oil to spray onto the distributor drive gear... sounds like a good Idea to me... maybe...
Anyone ever do this? I have not been able to turn up any more info on doing it(only interested in this for use on a 350)
I have a couple of related questions that could probably be answered with a good diagram, but don't have one in front of me, so:
1) The part of the distributor housing that would be getting pressurized oil would be sharing the same oil source as the lifters right?
2)I assume doing this would tax (slightly?) the oil supply for the lifters? But I'm not sure how the drilling for crank & rod/cam oil relate to the lifters... Do the lifters have a seperate drilling circuit coming off the oil pump?
I would not want to try something like this and find out that one of the rods farthest from the pump is being starved of oil because it's all being diverted upstream...
I would also assume checking the wear and clearance between the dist. housing, and the block, would be wise... in case you were already spraying oil in this manner and didn't know...