I strayed from the Path...but I couldn't help it - I swear!

[BHonnold@pac-cap.com (Brian Honnold)]

My information regarding the use of the solid pump vs hydro and the wear =
on lifters and seals comes from Alex Ting and his research. =20

I'm sure a quick call to TT will confirm this and maybe even the exact =
reasons why.  My own interpretation.....AKA answer yanked out of my =
ass......is that too much oil will cause a floating effect on the =
lifters causing them to slap the cam or possibly the walls around the =
lifter bucket.  As for the seals.....maybe the higher pressure causes =
the seals to work overtime.

BcH

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T Berk
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:38 PM
To: Shawn C Meze
Cc: Brian Honnold; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: I strayed from the Path...but I couldn't help it - I swear!


Shawn C Meze wrote:
>=20
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:00:51 -0700 "Brian Honnold" =
<BHonnold@pac-cap.com>
> writes:
> >The reason for swapping in the solid lifter specific oil pump is to
> >REDUCE the oil pressure.  The higher pressure of the ABA pump speeds
> >up the wear on the solid lifters and valve seals.
>=20
> Im not tracking here. Care to get into details? How does higher oil
> pressure speed up the wear on solid lifters AND valve seals?
>=20
> Shawn M=E9ze

You can swap the gear (hard for some, esp without destroying stuff) or
use the adapter ring.

I too am wondering about higher oil flow causing such troubles, I was
learned that I could update the oil pump in my current all solid lifter
motor without troubles.

On a slightly different question: Isn't there an in between size of oil
pump that's the best of both worlds?

Alt issue number two: Use of oil cooler (via thermo adapter plate on oil
filter mount) means I _want_ a higher oil pressure than the solid
lifter's oil pump, right?  30 mm vs 36 mm. Isn't there like a 34 mm?


TBerk

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