BadAss SRT-Z - 2.4L / A568 - Update!!!

[Shadow]

And I still cannot think of one good reason to run heavy viscosity oil in a drag or street car.

I think it's because ppl think the high viscosity will give them more protection under sevear load. When I was a teenager it was common practice for ppl to go to 20/50 for drag or any high demand applications on the "old school" v-8's.

I think this ideology just "carried forward" to the new gen of mtrs. (as ideologies often do, for no other apparent reason)

[dodgeshadowchik]

^^

I think you are correct. It's hard to convince some of the "old school" people that there is really no need to summer/winter oil anymore either. Ran into that at the parts store quite often. And if the car is a Ford and something happens to that engine... Ford will void your warranty if they run a test and find anything but 5w20 in it.

[Directconnection]

I would have to agree with Warren that it still seems odd it won't even prime. Don't be offended by this question, but you did remember the o-ring on the pickup tube right? Is your assembly oil more of a lube or grease? I've only ever packed the pump just to get suction and not the whole tube. If it is a higher viscosity grease I could see that making it harder to prime with the pickup full of it.

The pickup tube was packed with assembly grease? I tend to think that might not be a good thing as it could be causing a blockage rather than picking up oil? I've only packed my pump with the white assembly grease (lithium grease I think they call it?) in the past, and it worked awesome from the get-go.

[BadAssPerformance]

Hmmm... forget where I heard the lube in the tube from... probably 14 months back in this thread? Anyways... gonna go play with it here in a bit... stay tuned

[contraption22]

Good Luck JT!

[cordes]

Hmmm... forget where I heard the lube in the tube from... probably 14 months back in this thread? Anyways... gonna go play with it here in a bit... stay tuned

Just to clarify, are you saying that you filled the tube completely up with a paste like lube?

[glhs0426]

Pro Stock engines run something on the order of 0W10 or lighter oils these days.

[Pat]

I forsee oil pressure shortly.....

Wishful thinking always helps. :-)

[BadAssPerformance]

Thanks for the good luck team!

As the sun set and the moon rose, darkness set in.... and the beast was awaken from its slumber... It's ALIVE!

...and is it evil that it happened on June 6th? You know... 666 day? Muahahahaha!


Plenty of oil pressure with the stock pump and 10w40... will drain that out and try some of that new fangled light weight 5w30 I've been hearing y'all talk about.

I pulled the ATI damper off and will get it ready to key... Tommy had a good idea to us an alignment tool to drill the crank so Ima see if I can make one tomorrow.

[Directconnection]

So what was the fix? Was I part of the good-luck team?

[BadAssPerformance]

AFAIK

Fix? Put the stock pump gears in and it primed fine... talking with vendor about the billet gears and tolerances...

DJ... what oil pressure do you run with the DCR rotor? What weight oil? is the pump ported?

[shmedley]

Good to hear it's alive

[BadAssPerformance]

Thanks Brad, now you gotta make your run!

[Warren Stramer]

YAY:!!!!!!!!!!

[turboshad]

That's awesome. It always so nice to hear things roar to life especially when you've been having problems.

DJ... what oil pressure do you run with the DCR rotor? What weight oil? is the pump ported?

90psi cold idle (1000ish RPM), 30psi hot idle and around 50psi at cruise at 2200RPM. 10W30 Mobil1 with no mods to the pump body. From memory anyway which isn't always the best.

[shmedley]

Thanks Brad, now you gotta make your run!

Yes I do. Yes I do. I took a few extra days off before SDAC so if it is close I can finish it or help finish Tom's

[contraption22]

This is great news. Congrats!

[dodgeshadowchik]

YAY!!! good news indeed!

[Reeves]

Woot!

[ohiorob]

That sucks you're having all these problems, hope its all behind you now.

I'm old school and like to keep things simple too. I've been using 20w 50 forever and never broke an oil pump. I don't use a oil baffle in the oil pan, I think the oil mist helps keep the engine a little cooler but I may be wrong. I may be lossing some HP but its not hurting me much or cousing any problems.

what fuel and octane have you been running?