advice on new forged engine
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Teching In
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From: ne arkansas
advice on new forged engine I have a new engine with forged internals and had a question. The engine has bout 2k on it and everything is quiet an runs strong and with a good tune. I have Dart pro 1 heads and 11 compresion. During a road trip I noticed a little blow by from the crankcase vent. Was wondering how much would be too much. No noticeable oil consumption. Thanks for any input.
My current and previous set-up smoked about like a cigarette burning during idle with the filler cap/breather off and pcv line closed off. Maybe half that actually. A little more than my stock bottom end smoked....that is until I lost the ringlands on #5 & 7. It was coming out like a fog machine then.
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Teching In
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I have since put several miles on the car with no issues or oil consumption. Just was wondering bout if there was anything i should look for. It also has dart pro one heads which makes 11 compression. It has the original oil cap which i drilled and put a crankcase vent in so if any blow by u will see it all. It also has a victor jr. intake with a sheet metal top. Any input is appreciated. Thanks ahead.
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If it is setup for nitrous, then the rings are probably a little looser and the piston to wall clearance is probably a little larger than woudl be for an N/A motor. That in itself would be cause for a little more blowby than an N/A motor.
