went back and pulled all the sheets of notes, and here is what I have.
billet mains
billet main stud kit
head stud kit
k1 rods,
wiseco pistons ,coated skirts and domes bored 1/2 over
coated rod and main bearings
hardened push rods
cloyes timing chain
behive springs 20
manley valves 20
ati dampner
comp 270hr cam
line bored,
bore job
presure wash clean magnaflux
deck heads and block
valve job
now on to the notes
the block he supplied Mr.Sloan, Sloan said was a bad block,even tho the block had only 3800 miles on it, sloan said it couldnt be fixed, or shouldnt be used to substained high mph runs.
He sold Wolfram a new seasoned block he had, and took the other in on a trade.
the engine was built and shipped, Yellow freight dropped the engine on its nose at the loading dock, the engine was shipped back to Sloan, Sloan "supposedly" took it apart , said it was fine, the problem I have with this is 600lbs on the nose of a crank. and the fact it immediatly started leaking from the rear main leaves that to question.
When wolfram rec'd the engine, it immediatly leaked oil from rear main, I ovn'd him a rear main ,as far as I know the rear main has not leaked since, we both tried to contact sloan, no answer, both have tried numerous times to get a spec sheet , no answer.
wolfram wanted an engine he could eventually put a sc'r or turbo on, thus compression was set at 9.4.1 on the pistons, lower than oem accordin to the notes,
with the combination he has, the numbers he makes is probably about right,with the compression ratio , but who knows if the cam was degreed in properly, from what Darrin says and the way it falls off probably not.
the vibration , could be comming from the engine, but not sure if it does it in every gear at the same rpm's, if it does then yes its in the engine. if not , in the tranny,suspension, driveline, hence maybe why the tranny keeps blowing out the rear seal.
either way, more testing should be done, one to see if it vibrates at a certain rpm, compression check, leakdown check, then a teardown if any of those test determine something is wrong.
Darrins engine has all the right stuff to make a good 1000 hp engine with turbos easily, but it being dropped on its nose, is not good,and more information like any of the checks above would prove helpful
i spoke with collins today, according to him, if the vibration is comming from the engine then it would do it most likley all the time or it would grow worse as the rpms climbed,and if it was out of balance then it probably wouldnt have lasted the entire run at the sustained high rpms it should have simply come apart.
but that also was without him seeing or hearing the engine run, bu twith the engines he builds he said that balance is very critical and can be detrimental if not done correctly or if out of balance and run at high rpms for extended periods of time.
i am pretty sure everything I sold darrin is in the engine, but being dropped on the nose of the crank off a forklift, jsut cant be good
