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Your 110° Lsa isn't far off from factory Stock's 112°, but you're Not likely to like the Idle & suggested Higher converter Stall speed similar to factory Street hemi & A12 440 cars.....Now's the Time to change it out to what you Really want.....If I had only 1 Mopar 440 car, I'd Prefer the cam...

Kinda strange all the Upper bearings have the same short "Wear" pattern dead Centered on oil hole location ? .....I don't remember seeing that on my few low mileage main bearing inspections ....What do the lower main cap bearings look like ?? .....

My 70 hemi Factory steel shim Compresed (used) head gasket measures 0.020" thickness at the Flat shim locations & 0.026" thick at the fire-ring & other water & oil sealing locations.....That was historically referred to as the Oem factory "0.020" Steel Shim" head gasket.....A new, unused...

Regardless of your pan Capacity, if you're only 1 Qt away from Any interrupted or Reduce oil on pressure gauge from Any driving condition, you're Band-aiding a Serious oiling problem...Drop the pan & double check Everything & Fix the probs .... I've Always run Baffled pans & just never have...

Back in '60 & 70's I never Had or knew anyone having a flat cam/lifter problem altho it Was occasionally mentioned as a rarity issue & that was Street running really agressive & stiff springed Stx-22 type lobes with Mopar factory lifters ... Didn't even Think of pulled inner spring break-ins as...

Still a Business model doings "Mystery" to me.... Majority Aftermarket cam grinders Don't mfg their "Brand" Flat Tappet lifters, warranty or not...Their Recommended, Relabeled, Reboxed "kit" lifters are typically carelessly Dinged up looking Junk quality product, seemingly result of some...

I'm looking at a set of "Hylift Johnson" right now & unless you find Face perimeter nicked edges & irregular face pourisity void Holes acceptable, ...you better get 3 or 4 sets trying to get 16 "iffy" ones . .

You could Still make the relatively simple & no cost lifter rotation test to know what you have...It Could be surprising informative....There's non--coated Tool steel lifters with & without Edm holes ....One good look-over such as Trend & just No comparison words....A truly American made quality...

OTOH,.....if he performs the Lifter Rotation test now with existing Cam & lifters & they Do rotate,....then they Were Probably rotating during

Hey Beeper,....At this opportunity, It Would be Interesting to perform a flat tappet lifter Rotation test I recently read about.....With all lifters in their assigned bores & while firmly hand pressing pushrod down on lifter towards Cam, rotate camshaft Twice & check if Edge marked lifter has...

Hey Beeper,.... Sorry you experienced this results but appreciate you sharing.....Have you cut the oil Filter open & Examined any trapped debris with a Magnet ?? ....Why you used any "Break-In" motor oil Regardless of zinc ppm spec on a Flat tappet cam ?? ...."Break-In" = "Wear-in" of direct...

Hi B Keeper....My '70 factory assembled hemi (with rope & white side Seal sticks) had No noticable rear main leakage until After a teardown & replaced with Mopar brand black rubber Lip seal & new white Oem side sticks..No gooped-up RTV sealant or other thick mess was used in either....Both...

Yep,....2 thru 4 Stamped.....#'s 1 & 5 not usually numeral stamped, but different enough on rear side to identify & mate correctly with block bearing saddle if you look real closely....

Unless you have a very early 1966 & maybe '67 Hemi block,.....All production Street Hemis came with factory semi--forged main caps with No casting #'s possible.....Most factory hemi Main caps have No iron casting appearance like the pictured RB assembly shown......

Hey 67GTX, ....You got a very strange hemi issue going on.....Despite seemingly conflicting advice,....my factory assemble Hemi Does have dual 10mm tall numeral stampings on the cap bottom near the bolt hole locations with Bottom of numeral towards the oil pump side..... Except caps # 2 & 4...

For moly rings, as mentioned just enough 320 grit to get the Crosshatch showing again.....Per the latest hone research, I think it's worth better break--in sealing & ring lifespan to finish them with a few strokes of 600 grit to effectively "plateau" & knock the high peaks off to pre--break the...

With the Gibbs BR30 BI Oil coming in at #278 of 278 motor oils tested on a flat tappet/camshaft wear simulator,....Why Use it at all ?? .....For a flat tappet engine , A good non--synthetic, conventional motor oil like VR1 10W30, testing much better on the Flat Tappet Wear Test Simulator...

Hey 413,....Why do jacked up ?? ....I did use "probably" & "likely" in a "Relatively" comparative "Wear Protection" context in my Opine & Intended with or Without any "E" fuel content.....Check out "Motor Oil Engineering Test Data ---540 Rat" for some good, fair Lubricity wear test Data you're...

Chrysler didn't Always use engine blocks that quickly after block casting date....I Saw a factory built June '70 Cuda delivered to a dealership ( off the transporter) with a '69 cast dated HP stress relieved engine block.....There never seems a 100 % Mopar sure thing back in the good ole days !!

J Gibbs Driven BR30 Break In oil (regardless of it's Zinc & Zddp content ) has probably the Lowest Functional Anti-Friction wear protection package of Any commonly available motor oil & Least camshaft--Flat Tappet friction wear protection.....It's Lowest wear protection rating Will likely...