Joined: Wed Feb 24 2010, 03:46PM
Location: Moline, IL
Posts: 95
Yep, that is indeed a remote filter. I always hated that it was impossible to change the oil without moving an idler pulley so I decided to go remote. I also ended up going with a modern A/C compressor, which took that pulley out of the equation, but didn't find that out until I already had the remote filter.
Joined: Thu May 01 2008, 11:15AM
Location: Chicago,IL
Posts: 2868
what pulley set up caused interference with the oil filter? Never run into that. I think I've had to deflect a belt before, but never dismantle anything.
Joined: Wed Feb 24 2010, 03:46PM
Location: Moline, IL
Posts: 95
I'm not sure if it was due to the wrong belts or what, it's been almost a year and a half since I changed the oil. What I can remember is every time I did change the oil I had to move a pulley our of the way to get the oil filter off. At this point in time I'm not sure anymore, but I know now it will be real easy to change the oil.
Joined: Fri Sep 28 2012, 10:11PM
Location: USA
Posts: 92
looks great! ill be waiting for updates on how it runs. its pretty dang close to the parts i want to use in my build. how did the quality of 440source kit look?
Joined: Wed Feb 24 2010, 03:46PM
Location: Moline, IL
Posts: 95
The quality of the storker kit looked good, but the one concern I had was that they tell you to lightly hone the connecting rod with a brake hone for the wrist pin to slide in. That seemed a little too inaccurate for me, as that's a key area, so I had the machine shop match the pins and rods. I feel a little better about it being machined to fit than I do running a brake hone until it "feels" right.
The quality of the storker kit looked good, but the one concern I had was that they tell you to lightly hone the connecting rod with a brake hone for the wrist pin to slide in. That seemed a little too inaccurate for me, as that's a key area, so I had the machine shop match the pins and rods. I feel a little better about it being machined to fit than I do running a brake hone until it "feels" right.
Joined: Thu Mar 22 2007, 08:13AM
Location: In the workshop
Posts: 1063
Dont want to worry anyone here, but the fact that 440 Source tell the purchaser to lightly hone the rods suggest (to me at least) poor quality. I'll explain my reasoning.
Way back in the early 1900's, an american by the name of Henry Leland came up with the idea of using tolerances in car manufacture. The idea being that a part could be made, and it guaranteed to fit. In (I think) 1909 he won something called the Dewar Trophy. To do this, they took three identical cars, disassembled them, put all the parts in a big heap, and then reassembled them without problem. Previous to tolerances, the parts would not have fitted without the help of a blacksmith....
If, a similar thing cant be done with 440 Source parts today, then the parts are not manufactured to the correct tolerances. Which to me suggests poor quality. Are their parts made outside of the US, by any chance?