79fordcrew
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getting block line bored so i can install bearings throughout. wondering if there is a special cam plug i have to get or will a factory one fit in with it being line bored.
line boring cam journal question
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edmeyers
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When I built my motor I had a cam journal not oil properly and locked up the cam in the block so I pulled it all apart and took it back to the machine shop they said they could bore out and put cam bearings in the whole block but that if I did so there might be the possibility that some day I could spin a cam bearing cutting off oil supply to that journal.
Now I know the first journal next to the cam gear has a bearing from the factory but the rest ride metal to metal. Consider the fact that these motors will last 500k miles. I decided to get another block rather than take the chance that I might have 6 other points of failure in my motor.
Now I know the first journal next to the cam gear has a bearing from the factory but the rest ride metal to metal. Consider the fact that these motors will last 500k miles. I decided to get another block rather than take the chance that I might have 6 other points of failure in my motor.