So if any of y'all have been following along with my "cheap" cam swap, you know that the cam went flat and put a bunch of metal thru my motor. So I'm planning on pulling the motor out this weekend and tearing it down. I have a couple of options for "while I'm there" projects because even though I'm trying to stay on a budget, I'm still gonna try and hotrod the motor if I have the opportunity. Plus if I'm spending the money to rebuild it, I'm willing to commit to this engine longer term than i was initially planning on. I will continue the camshaft thread with trying to track down the failure mode and put most information about the junk cam in that thread.
cold feet about potential bad lifters
I am trying to buy a .030 over block over marketplace (hopefully the guy hasnt sold it yet) because if I need to bore the block to clean up the walls (very likely the case) this engine is more economical, it comes with pistons. I'll keep you updated if I buy it.
Originally for the rebuild I was going to go for a roller cam conversion planning on sourcing from Hughes engines. But my coworker pointed out that if I want to, I can reuse the stock cam that I pulled (I did organize the lifters when they came out) and build the engine around the stock cam so I can get back on the road quicker and cheaper.
I guess this thread is to have open questions that I can't find answers to in rebuild books and fsm as well as asking to be pointed to any threads about oiling mods or little things to do while I have the engine fully disassembled.
Also, if anyone in western WA, hell even eastern WA or northern OR has a good 318/273 shortblock that they want to sell me for less than $1k I might be interested.
