Re: What is with Rod Bearings dying?
My best guess would honestly be there was some type of debris that came loose or that is was so small in size (think aluminum powder) that the damage began right away but took a long time to finally spin. I would suspect it be during the cleaning process something was overlooked. It happens all the time. I've seen everything from the crank to the lifters not being properly flushed clean. Even the galley's on the heads being missed a number of times. I've clean out the oil cooler on my car as well. It took about 4 cans of brake cleaner and about 50 coffee filters to finally see nothing coming out.
I've only spun one ever. It was on a right hand turn in the middle of a race. I thought I was in 3rd coming out of the corner, nope, 2nd. 8700 rpm and 22psi is what did it for me. It was probably a combo of both the high rpm and the oil in suspension not getting back to the pickup quick enough. This was also on a shimmed oil pump with Crower rods. Since then i've gone to adding an additional quart of oil, yes, too much. But in a high rpm enviroment, it has work great over the last 3 years of racing.
Erron S.
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