I strayed from the Path...but I couldn't help it - I swear!

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Does not compute.
Impossible for higher oil pressure to exacerbate wear on anything.
(and valve seals are not exposed to oil pressure)
It might cause problems with oil leaks, but not increased wear.
I'd say Mr. Ting got his results from the same place as your
interpretation....:)

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Honnold <BHonnold@pac-cap.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: RE: I strayed from the Path...but I couldn't help it - I swear!


My information regarding the use of the solid pump vs hydro and the wear on
lifters and seals comes from Alex Ting and his research.

I'm sure a quick call to TT will confirm this and maybe even the exact
reasons why.  My own interpretation.....AKA answer yanked out of my
ass......is that too much oil will cause a floating effect on the lifters
causing them to slap the cam or possibly the walls around the lifter bucket.
As for the seals.....maybe the higher pressure causes the seals to work
overtime.

BcH

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T Berk
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:38 PM
To: Shawn C Meze
Cc: Brian Honnold; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: I strayed from the Path...but I couldn't help it - I swear!


Shawn C Meze wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:00:51 -0700 "Brian Honnold" <BHonnold@pac-cap.com>
> writes:
> >The reason for swapping in the solid lifter specific oil pump is to
> >REDUCE the oil pressure.  The higher pressure of the ABA pump speeds
> >up the wear on the solid lifters and valve seals.
>
> Im not tracking here. Care to get into details? How does higher oil
> pressure speed up the wear on solid lifters AND valve seals?
>
> Shawn Méze

You can swap the gear (hard for some, esp without destroying stuff) or
use the adapter ring.

I too am wondering about higher oil flow causing such troubles, I was
learned that I could update the oil pump in my current all solid lifter
motor without troubles.

On a slightly different question: Isn't there an in between size of oil
pump that's the best of both worlds?

Alt issue number two: Use of oil cooler (via thermo adapter plate on oil
filter mount) means I _want_ a higher oil pressure than the solid
lifter's oil pump, right?  30 mm vs 36 mm. Isn't there like a 34 mm?


TBerk

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