94StinkinLincoln

the shop supplied the bearings with the stroker kit. yes i wiped the plasti-guage off, and the block was cleaned after the honing and boring. i used the stock steel dizzy gear.

2 kwik

did you double check bearings....was the thrust bearing or any bearings checked for side clearance? did you double check clearance of oil pump pickup to oil pan?

94StinkinLincoln

not that i recall...

2 kwik

it is vital to check this stuff dude...the clearance with the pickup is a big deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FivePointOhh

i had to rebuild my engine a second time due to the incorrect bearings. after i had my crank reground or whatever they do the guy helping me went to the shop and got the crank bearing, they were the right package, wrong part. caused hell on my motor, shook violently, died when i came to a stop, overheating and i had tons of material such as you.

94StinkinLincoln

it actually runs closer to the cool side with stock cooling system. stays around the 1/4 mark and rarely gets to the half point on normal.

aode08

ive seen that, its dry start up, or something rubbing (.010 clearance issue could even do that).

no need to break the engine down, check for the amount the next oil change. should be gone or not as much

id put a magnet on the oil filter orpan near the drain bolt to help.

94StinkinLincoln

im going to look at the filter tomorrow since i put 60 miles on it since i changed the first filter. i have a magnetic drain plug on the rear sump.

my77stang

i had a 3" circularmagnet on the bottom of my pan to trap anything the drain plug couldnt catch.

2 kwik

first thing is you need some gauges......how in the world did you come up with where to put oil pump screen/pick up in collation to the pan? I would use 2 magnetic drian plugs and use a qt of oil to flush out the crap on the floor of the oil pan before filling it up