67 383 Dart

Brian6Pac
You can tell a lot about what is going on inside the engine by dropping the oil out and see what comes out into your drain pan. Also cut that oil filter open and see if there is excessive steel particles in it or fine plastic particles, can take a magnet to the paper filter part of the filter and see what you got.

Considering a person's budget and time frames, if things come up within reason with the oil filter contents. A simple timing chain and new gear set would wake that engine right up, vs complete tear down and overhaul. Up to you where you are going with this project.

Just out of curiosity, you measured your exhaust valve cam lift with your dial indicator that came in around .462" lift at the valve by your measuring methods. I would like to see what the intake valve lift on that same cylinder comes out to be by your measuring method. Thinking that is the Factory Split Grind camshaft in there yet, I would think your numbers on the intake valve lift would be around .390"-.400" Lift at the intake valve.

Everyone has a different way of trying to measure what their cams are, I am more interested in the Split numbers between the exhaust lift and intake lift to help determine that it is in fact the original 67 383 camshaft in there yet.

Will be interested to see what you come up with.

Thanks