Well are you guys ready for a billet oil pump from Bulltear?

[jeepsr4ever]

We use alot of different CAD aplications, surfcam, mastercam and bobcad. For 2D drawings nothing beats Bobcad ver17. Its a little known industry secret They have updated to versions up to 21 but nothing beats 17 and after talking with the programmers there they claim 17 had bugs no other program has and its these bugs that set it apart. Seats are $100 if you want a copy.

Do I have a view of the rocker tip...no.

[jeepsr4ever]

Ok we are throwing around the idea of integrating a 1.5" torrington bearing into the cover for cam walk. If we can find a GOOD source for 1.5" torrington bearings and bearing covers I will see it gets put into the covers. Something like this



I havent been able to find one with a id of smaller than .5625 however I do believe they are out there

[AMX69PHATTY]

Are these the right kind of Torrington Thrust bearings ?
What O.D. and I.D. is needed ? 1.5 O.D. and 0.5 I.D. ?
I'm an un-employed machine designer.

http://www.torrington.com/industries...e/n_thrust.pdf

[82Waggy]

How would that get lubed out there at the front of the cam - splash?

[jeepsr4ever]

We will probly end up with a large ID bearing and a custom press fit cup so we can utilize a better bearing. We will have 3 small oil slot to lube the bearing. Yes the bearing would get enough lube just form the cam gear throwing oil around in the timing cover. AMXphatty that is good to know!

[jeepsr4ever]

Fixturing is almost done for the backing plate. It will be 1.25" thick and it will stay on the motor. Here is a sneak peek at the machining of the prototypes




More as we get closer

[Al Johnson]

Due to all the problems I've had and am in the middle of having again with the distibutor drive gear wear problem, I'd be interested in this, as a way of getting accurate distributor placement on the block for gear alignment purposes. I'm really hoping the design will remove the oil pump drive load from the distributor gear, as well. How's progress coming along, and is there any chance they will be actually available by, say, May 2007?

Al

[jeepsr4ever]

We are hoping by the middle of Feb.

[Al Johnson]

We are hoping by the middle of Feb.

I eagerly await the announcement, and the price. (oh-oh....)

[zero cool]

Can you give us a ballpark price? I'm assuming "not cheap" but is it going to be closer to $500 or $1,000, or what?