quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
If anyone finds fault with them and is disappointed, then look within. The issue is with you.
If you want to make blanket or specific accusations of oil pump cavitation under the intended use, go right ahead. How you are going to make this case is beyond me. You can not prove something that does not exist.
I personally think the 351 Cleveland is the best thing ever to be cast out of iron.
I find no fault with it but that is not to say it can not be improved upon.
I think the stock 4v heads are perfect, but plenty of others feel grinding bits out of them here and there improves them.
I think the stock rocker pedestals are fine, but others like to machine them down, redrill them and fit 7/16" rocker studs.
I think the old flat tappet cam and lifters are fine, but others like to change all that to a roller setup.
None of these things constitute a fault with the original engine.
As you say, all of these things were fine for the "engines intended usages" but all and more are modified to "improve" them.
I see no difference with or special circumstances to exclude the lubrication system from this philosophy.
quote:"You can not prove something that does not exist ?"
Proving things requires evidence.....but..
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.........
A man goes to the doctor and says:......."Doctor i'm in terrible pain and i feel really ill"
The doctor does a bunch of tests, scans, and xrays.
Then the doctor says to the man:........."I can't find any evidence of anything wrong with you, so therefore there must not be anything wrong with you"
The man says in response:................."Well regardless of that, obviously there is something wrong, i'm still in terrible pain and still feel really ill"...."just because you have not found evidence of what is wrong does not mean there is nothing wrong, all it means is you simply have not found evidence of it".
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.........
I recently pulled down a 351c and all the rod bearings were shot......i found nothing obviously wrong with the engine otherwise.......does that mean there is nothing wrong with the engine ....????