Windage Trays And Etc During Cam Break-In

I’ve installed a few what would be considered slow old school grinds over in various Mopar engines over the years, with windage trays, without out a concern or second thought about any wiped lobes during break-in. Lubed them good, did the routine, changed the oil afterwards and never gave it a second thought. If there’s any worry by some it’s mostly (as far as I’m concerned) related to aggressive lobes, high spring pressures, increased rocker ratios, and as mentioned earlier, possible parts quality concerns. So doing all the typical preliminary stuff is a given but when one comes across something never thought about or considered (windage tray etc) is it not valid to look into it further at the least? You got guys that build engines professionally, all levels of knowledge and experience that know all of this and to them maybe it’s puzzling or even amusing for others to ponder the idea, who knows, but it’s out there and when you read about it from multiple sources it’s only natural to think about it, IDK, at least I do:rolleyes:

Yeah I agree about the aggressive lobes. There's some crazy stuff out there now compared to even 25 years ago. But......and I really don't care who disagrees, here is where I differ. If it's gonna be a street car, I want slow and old school ramps. Hell, they worked long before all this new stuff came out just fine and still do. When I'm building a street engine, I want LONGEVITY and RELIABILITY, because lets face it, this chit ain't cheap. I don't want somethin with a snappy new lobe design only lastin a year or two.

And here comes AJ to tell us how many millions of miles he has on his 367 with fast ramps he never gets tired of talkin about. lol