increase rod bearing clearances for 200 HP shot?
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street motor that will be sprayed @ stop lights every now and then (of course off road stop lights only). do I need to open up the rod bearing clearances for nitrous. all rod bearings currently set @ .0019". street motor not a race motor.
I originally built the bottom end for N/A but now my buddy wants to spray so im putting in ductile iron rings. just wanted to know if spraying heats up the bearings more
I originally built the bottom end for N/A but now my buddy wants to spray so im putting in ductile iron rings. just wanted to know if spraying heats up the bearings more
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.0024-.0028 sounds pretty loose to me for a street motor. .0028" is what i set up my race motors @.
ok so if i wanted to go looser can i just change half a clam shell for a .0003" over sized shell. what is the max over sized clam shell that i can just swap out half the bearing and run?
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I try to get my street motors around .002"
.0024-.0028 sounds pretty loose to me for a street motor. .0028" is what i set up my race motors @.
ok so if i wanted to go looser can i just change half a clam shell for a .0003" over sized shell. what is the max over sized clam shell that i can just swap out half the bearing and run?
.0024-.0028 sounds pretty loose to me for a street motor. .0028" is what i set up my race motors @.
ok so if i wanted to go looser can i just change half a clam shell for a .0003" over sized shell. what is the max over sized clam shell that i can just swap out half the bearing and run?
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you set up your main bearing clearance's @ .0032". that is loose. If it is a 100% race motor then i can understand but even then those clearances are too loose for my likening. keep in mind this is a street motor not a race motor. the car will sole be driven on the street. my mains are set up @ .0017"-.0019" which is right where i want my main bearing clearances to be. My rods are set up @.0019" which im comfortable with seeing as it is after all a street motor.
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I didn't know you could mix and match bearings like this....never really gave it a thought though lol...you guys taught me something new today, bit hopefully by the time I'm replacing bearings again it will be so many years down the road that I forgot about this info lol.
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you set up your main bearing clearance's @ .0032". that is loose. If it is a 100% race motor then i can understand but even then those clearances are too loose for my likening. keep in mind this is a street motor not a race motor. the car will sole be driven on the street. my mains are set up @ .0017"-.0019" which is right where i want my main bearing clearances to be. My rods are set up @.0019" which im comfortable with seeing as it is after all a street motor.
I didn't know you could mix and match bearings like this....never really gave it a thought though lol...you guys taught me something new today, bit hopefully by the time I'm replacing bearings again it will be so many years down the road that I forgot about this info lol.
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not necessarily true.................common misconception that more clearance lowers oil pressure....to tight will cause low oil pressure also...there is a wedge of oil that forms inisde the clearance area this is what determines the oil pressure of the motor as well as clearance....to little and the wedge cant form....too much and the same issue...
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With all else equal, looser bearing clearances will cause lower oil pressure. It's a consequence of giving a certain mass flow rate a large cross section to flow through. What I don't understand is how tight clearances can lower oil pressure. If its so tight that there isn't enough oil flow to form a hydrodynamic wedge, that seems to me to be a blockage which would cause an even higher oil pressure, not to mention, damaging the engine within minutes.