Time for a cam change?
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It just had a stock crank, some cheap eagle H beam rods and wiseco pistons (that I'll carry over). Made between 179psi-186psi on a compression test the day before the oil pressure issue was noticed. I'm curious if turning it up hurt the stock crank, also had some filling rattling misfires wot around 4k that it took a while to diagnose as misfires vs a driveline issue, so that probably wasn't kind on the bearings. Plus my clutch preload issues that could have worn out the thrust bearing.
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What you have is a good grind for a 365. You could step up to the 230/242 but not sure it will make enough difference to make the switch especially with an lsa head. With a cathedral you would benefit from extra duration.
I am running a similar grind to what you have now in my 377 with a Ti trim.
I am running a similar grind to what you have now in my 377 with a Ti trim.
Talked to Arun and I'm thinking about moving up to the 'jam' cam, 230/242. He said it could be good for ~20-25whp
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About 1yr/3k miles... 60-160mph at a time, lol. Seriously though, I run my car really hard when it comes out, so I knew my days might be numbered.
It just had a stock crank, some cheap eagle H beam rods and wiseco pistons (that I'll carry over). Made between 179psi-186psi on a compression test the day before the oil pressure issue was noticed. I'm curious if turning it up hurt the stock crank, also had some filling rattling misfires wot around 4k that it took a while to diagnose as misfires vs a driveline issue, so that probably wasn't kind on the bearings. Plus my clutch preload issues that could have worn out the thrust bearing.
It just had a stock crank, some cheap eagle H beam rods and wiseco pistons (that I'll carry over). Made between 179psi-186psi on a compression test the day before the oil pressure issue was noticed. I'm curious if turning it up hurt the stock crank, also had some filling rattling misfires wot around 4k that it took a while to diagnose as misfires vs a driveline issue, so that probably wasn't kind on the bearings. Plus my clutch preload issues that could have worn out the thrust bearing.
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For $370, that's probably the cheapest 20whp I've purchased
Plus you can never have enough power... especially hoving right below the magic 4 digit mark :p
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It was actually cured by new plugs and wires. It was the wierdest thing though, it literally felt like something in the torque tube/trans connection broke loose and was going to explode through the floor. Had to do a few low rpm sweeping 4th gear pulls to recreate and finally got a CEL/traction/active handling flash that led me to misfires vs. hardware issues in the driveline.
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With the LSA heads and a centri you dont see quite the gains from stepping up duration that you do on a cathedral head.
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