1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project

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2/14/23:

My Camshafts Arrived Back From Oregon Cam Grinding as well as 24 Lifters.

I stamped the Cams so that they would be matched with the Core Engine's oil pumps that they were mated with, so that there is less of an oil pump gear compatibility issue in the future.

Now I have a new cam for this build as well as 2 more cams for future road going cars, as my '79 Volare Duster and the '62 Valiant Wagon will need some rebuilds sometime.

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Cheers!
 
3/2/23:

It was 70° in western Pennsylvania on March 1st yesterday.. yet an usually warm day again, the roads are also unusually dry and salt free from the rain. We have not really had any cold or snow this year at all.. I miss winter.

It was nice enough to take the '62 Wagon out to do some station wagon cruising and run some errands. My errands took me to the machine shop where the machined block and crank were waiting for me yesterday.
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I also was able to get the block mounted on the stand to begin some cleaning and assembly.
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I have some other surprise goodies arriving later this week too! :D
 
slant six said:
It was 70° in western Pennsylvania on March 1st yesterday.. yet an usually warm day again, the roads are also unusually dry and salt free from the rain. We have not really had any cold or snow this year at all.. I miss winter.
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Funny. I was just looking out the window at the snow that has returned (had a month where it mostly melted away) and said...I hate winter.

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3/3/23:

I got the Rods / pins and pistons assembled.
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Slowly but surely.
 
What pistons? Look like stock with the skirt length.
 
3/9/23:
Over the weekend I got some small things done.

Got the Cam Bearings installed and began to mock up a late model OE piston squirter for the Oil Pump / Cam gear helical interface. Not sure how all of that is going to work yet.
Also got the matched oil pump from this cam... (I stamped the cams and corresponding oil pumps before sending to the cam grinding shop) and did some modifications... removed the factory standpipe, did a bit of porting / blending inside the factory casting, as well as throughly cleaning and servicing the entire assembly.
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I de-sludged and thoroughly polished / cleaned the oil pressure relief valve.
It was so sludged and stuck that I had to place a 1/2" tap up in the bore to get it to move and be pulled free.
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slant six said:
3/9/23:
Over the weekend I got some small things done.

Got the Cam Bearings installed and began to mock up a late model OE piston squirter for the Oil Pump / Cam gear helical interface. Not sure how all of that is going to work yet.
Also got the matched oil pump from this cam... (I stamped the cams and corresponding oil pumps before sending to the cam grinding shop) and did some modifications... removed the factory standpipe, did a bit of porting / blending inside the factory casting, as well as throughly cleaning and servicing the entire assembly.
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I de-sludged and thoroughly polished / cleaned the oil pressure relief valve.
It was so sludged and stuck that I had to place a 1/2" tap up in the bore to get it to move and be pulled free.
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Aww chit. I need to get you a location picture for that.....hang on. brb. LOL
 
slant six said:
3/9/23:
Over the weekend I got some small things done.

Got the Cam Bearings installed and began to mock up a late model OE piston squirter for the Oil Pump / Cam gear helical interface. Not sure how all of that is going to work yet.
Also got the matched oil pump from this cam... (I stamped the cams and corresponding oil pumps before sending to the cam grinding shop) and did some modifications... removed the factory standpipe, did a bit of porting / blending inside the factory casting, as well as throughly cleaning and servicing the entire assembly.
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I de-sludged and thoroughly polished / cleaned the oil pressure relief valve.
It was so sludged and stuck that I had to place a 1/2" tap up in the bore to get it to move and be pulled free.
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See if these help. If you don't shape whatever squirter real similar, the camshaft may not fit past it. Mine barely does, but it fits. Once installed, the camshaft has plenty of room.
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Cool Stuff, Thanks Rob,
I think I can get it all to work, just need to put some time and energy into it.
 
slant six said:
Cool Stuff, Thanks Rob,
I think I can get it all to work, just need to put some time and energy into it.
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One more thAng. Most of these piston oilers have a check valve that closes off at idle RPM so the there's not so much of an oil pressure drop. I don't know if you were aware of that or not.
 
RustyRatRod said:
One more thAng. Most of these piston oilers have a check valve that closes off at idle RPM so the there's not so much of an oil pressure drop. I don't know if you were aware of that or not.
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Yep Mine has a check ball in it.
 
3/12/23:

Got some things accomplished today.

Finally got the repurposed piston squirter mocked up and mounted.
It has to be drilled from the outside of the block / oil gallery for tapping, then the hole on the outside of the oil gallery plugged.
The piston oil squirter I used was listed for Audi A3,A4, A5, Passat, Golf/GTI and Jetta.. It's a VW Part, but I don't know the part #.
I like this one because the cam can be installed once it is in place.
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I had to make a tool for it out of a 6mm hex wrench as the Torx T40 does not fit in the cam tunnel.
Good Use of some scrap metal and and old ratchet handle.
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Tap the Block from the outside to the inside.
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Mock up and reshape the squirter tube to the cam / oil pump gear interface.
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Retap the Outside hole for 1/4" Pipe Plug:
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Got some Painting done as well as installing the cam bearings.
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3/20/23:

The IJ Crank Scraper arrived. It took a while. Ordered in January.
Did a little placing and mockup for now.
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Now off to pull the old engine and transfer the head / externals and tins.
 
3/27/23:

Engine is ready to Pull,
Got the Fluids Drained, Exhaust Dropped and the Transmission Pulled.
The Oil did not look terrible on the drain so that's good. It will be interesting to see what happened inside this one.
Taking bets on oil pump gear?
Something else goofy?
Spun Bearing?
Who Knows?
In this car the Drivers seat Needs to be removed along with the inner Driver sill plate to remove enough carpet to access the screw in cover that I made for transmission removal.

Hope this old engine is on the stand by the end of the week. We shall see!

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I've seen one with a broken piston skirt not have small particles in the oil. Skirt breaks off, falls into crank, end of story.
 
RustyRatRod said:
I've seen one with a broken piston skirt not have small particles in the oil. Skirt breaks off, falls into crank, end of story.
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Yes I was thinking that too. but did not put it in the list of stuff.
 
Looks like somethin Alkydigger would sell.
 
4/1/23:

Got the Engine Pulled today.
Also got some air filters fitted on the EFI ITB's.. Still hafta fiddle with some Throttle Cable stuff as well as some linkages too. I dont know that I will like these bugeye filters but I can fuss with other options later.. at leat they will keep small animals and rocks out of the engine.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a pull down of the Engine and Begin to clean the tins and possibly see what might have gone wrong.

Filters fitted:
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Engine out - ready to be put on the stand for some disassembly.
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Progress! So where's your helper?
 
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