Ford Racing 427 burning oil

[Keithc8]

How did we miss you on that 427 SB. We are a little more than Ford but quite a bit less than Roush. If the engine is truly complete and dyno tested you can eliminate these problems. I sent quite a few engines over seas and would not do one with out dyno testing and checking all of this.
We all have problems but making sure it is ran before it leaves is the best way. Ford Racing just has there regular engine rebuilding company do these. I have sold them but when not complete you can not be sure.

Good luck, Keith Craft

[Mike Huddart]

I havn't seen any mention of the type of oil that's in this motor, if you are running synthetic in a new motor these are just the sort of problems you are going to get. Just a thought

Mike

[undy]

Originally Posted by Mike Huddart

I havn't seen any mention of the type of oil that's in this motor, if you are running synthetic in a new motor these are just the sort of problems you are going to get. Just a thought

Mike

Tell that to GM and the last 15 years of corvettes that had Mobil 1 from day one...

[Mike Huddart]

Originally Posted by undy

Tell that to GM and the last 15 years of corvettes that had Mobil 1 from day one...

Why pick out Corvettes, ALL OEM stuff runs synthetic from day one but this isn't an OEM motor it's a crate motor with all the problems therein.

Mike

[Barry_R]

Not at all comparable. Factory builds do not use the same honing techniques or machines as we do in the aftermarket. In addition there is a fair chance that they are not started on gasoline for the first spin - CNG, propane or spun up with an electric motor drive to verify oil pressure and such before install.

When I ran Speed-Pro we regularly had well established shops that tried break-in with synthetic and experienced ring sealing troubles that they did not have with normal oil. Back to dino and the problems simply went away - no accident and enough frequency to state that it was not coincidental. Synthetic on first fire is simply a risk taken without any reward. Even if the odds are 90-10 its too easy to eliminate the variable.

Oil burning can come from a lot of places - many of which will never show up in any performance oriented testing - leakdown and compression checks won't show you a thing.

[68pony]

Originally Posted by Keithc8

How did we miss you on that 427 SB. We are a little more than Ford but quite a bit less than Roush. If the engine is truly complete and dyno tested you can eliminate these problems. I sent quite a few engines over seas and would not do one with out dyno testing and checking all of this.
We all have problems but making sure it is ran before it leaves is the best way. Ford Racing just has there regular engine rebuilding company do these. I have sold them but when not complete you can not be sure.

Good luck, Keith Craft

But thats it, i have a piece of paper stating it was run for 20 min before packed and shipped, i would have thought this problem would have been picked up then,this motor started smoking from when we first started it as it got to normal temp, and as i have stated my mechanic pulled the inlet manifold and no evidence of oil getting sucked through the gaskets but the combustion chambers had to much oil in there for his liking, he thinks the rings may have been put in the wrong way but all 8! every plug is oiled up, i tried with pvc and with a breather no difference,i hope they don't take to long for a sollution, i'm not getting a good night sleep ATM.
cheers chris.ps non synthetic oil was used 10-40 as was recomended by ford racing tech line.