| Re: putting together my 355 LT1, questions |
Subject: Re: putting together my 355 LT1, questions by bogus on 2012/2/3 3:26:48 I honestly don't know your experience level, but this is advise for anyone: LT1s have an oil fitting of some sort on the front of the engine... It is real important and I don't remember the details! I am only leaving it here as a tickler for more experienced LT1 builders. I don't have my LT1 book handy right now. Debur around the oil return holes in the valley. Every little bit helps with oil return. Clean up around the holes on the top of the deck surface. When you get the engine back, clean the bejeebus (tech term) out of it. Spray brake cleaner into every hole or port or whatever you can see, get everything out of that block and do it three times. Pour simple green into the cooling jackets and then follow with a hose. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN! I use STP oil treatment as an assembly lube. Did some reading on the stuff... NAZI rocket scientists created it to protect engines in fighter planes, after the pans have been shot out. It essentially took old school oil and turned it into modern multi-viscosity detergent oil. From that perspective alone, I suspect its rather useless these days, but it does make a great assembly lube. I use it on bearing surfaces, cams, timing chain, and on the cylinder walls. It all but makes preoiling pointless. The upside to preoiling? You know the pump works.  |
