Why not use Federal Mogul main bearings and they will oil all the time?? Ron Waters ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:58 PM Subject: [Amc-list] AMC OILING - question - > Inspection of a 401 crank revealed that rods 1,3,5 &7 have their oil > feed hole within the upper main bearing when the piston is at TDC. Rods > 2,4,6&8 have their oil feed hole traversing the lower main bearing at > TDC. This suggests that rods 2,4,6&8 are somewhat starved for oil during > the power stroke, which probably is not desireable. That is why I am > curious about cross-drilling the crank. Tom Monroe published a book > about race engines and he states that cross-drilling is important but > does not elaborate about other oiling system mods. that would be > necessary to increase total flow to the bearings; Mr. Monroe was a chief > engineer on the Bricklin project. > > thanks, seth > > > > > <> > > > since AMC rods are fed AFTER the AMC mains - > and one reason people do not crossdrill the mains is > becasue the rods are fed through the mains > and if you cant get oil to the rods you spin a bearing...... > but you've rods 2,4,6&8 conceptually are "somewhat starved > for oil during the power stroke, which probably is not desireable"........ > > how does one solve this AMC dilemma ? > > > > > > -- > > =Bt= > milnersXcoupe > "The Heretic" > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20070928/5b547745/attachment.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list