Well It Finally Happened

superchargeddrt said
Well it doesn't appear to be overheating so maybe it's ok.. I'm now experiencing a new issue and this may be due to the fact that it's a fresh engine with less than 100 miles on it. It looks like I'm building crankcase pressure. When I put my foot into it I get oil out of the passenger side breather and it's leaking onto my expensive TTI headers. I hope that this crankcase pressure is due to the rings not seating and not ring gap issues or something else that would require disassembling the engine. I am sure that I am just being paranoid and that it may be something with my fancy new breather. Any thoughts you guys have are welcome. I still am impressed with the performance and can't wipe the smile off of my face when I'm driving it.

Your engine was dynoed so the rings should be sealed, never again will that engine see as much load as it did during dyno testing.

Do you have a PCV valve? It is very important to run these to evacuate crankcase pressure. Stroker engines while increasing cubic inches for performance also increase air movement in crankcase as the piston travel has increased. Stock eliminator racers often run 2 pcv valves for the extra crankcase scavenging, I'm told minor ET gains are seen doing this due to the lower pressures they create. I run 2 in my 408 just for extra protection, it can't hurt anyway. Glad you are liking your new engine, they sure put a smile on the face!!!!!