reasons for a side oiler Vs a center oiler

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DanEC

A subject can certainly be beaten to death on this forum. Opinions are cheap since there are so many of them around. I'm just surprised Patrick hasn't joined in.

I don't have a 427. But I did use a coupon for roller casters and put them in 2 x 10's so I can push my ERA around in the garage. Maybe I'll start a thread on that... maybe I can make fun of RodKnock at the same time. Yeah, that would be a way for him to take his car for a ride and never leave the garage.

[mdross1]

A 61 Starliner at the time I thought they were ugly (looked unsafe with flimsy roof columns) funny how they grow on you.A lot of the old cars at that time I thought were not for me,today would love to own one.Will never forget the Dodges with crossrammed 413's.We just sold a 69 SS Chevelle after owning it for over 30 yrs.
This could be a story in itself.
Sorry got off track

[froggyman]

I don't have a S/O nor a C/O but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

[BAsque1]

[quote=FWB;1253573]c/o=oils cam then crank....just like all FE's
s/o=oils crank then cam
physically is was mainly to keep bearings alive during racing because of two reasons. 1 the large diameter of the Fe rod journal pushed oil out under extreme load2 this was exasperated by the use of steel cranks..made that even worse. basically a bandaide for a design flaw in my opinion..

FWB:
I like your concise explanation, very simply and easy to understand for those who need a quick differentiation.

I have a SO in my Cobra when I bought it three years ago and I am very happy with it. It is indeed a lot of power for a 2800lb car with me inside and a full tank. The power weight ratio is out the window here.
If I had to build a Cobra now, after what I know, I would use a 351, but I would keep it cast iron though.

[diverrick]

So, is there issues with marrying a aluminum head with a steel block? Seems that it might be a built in battery.(Dissimilar metals with fluids)
I recently had the pleasure of removing my Subaru engine TWICE, due to the incorrect head gaskets used during production.
Lucky it was covered.. Both times.
They installed an inappropriate gasket material at the factory.
I would think aluminum would expand and contract at a far different rate than steel.

[DanEC]

It's become such a common practice for over 40 years now that I think any major problems would have long ago surfaced. I based that on the L88 Chevy but I believe Ford produced a few aluminum heads in the 60s also. There are some adjustments that have to be made - I have to adjust the solid lifter valves on my aluminum head 427 66 Corvette differently due to different expansion coefficients. Occassionally you will hear about a head gasket failure - but that goes for iron head motors also.