eagle h-beam

etriebe

etriebe

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WELL IM PUTTING TOGETHER MY FIRST ENGINE, IM ALMOST READY TO GO. SO I AM ADJUSTING THE VALVES AND READY TO ROTATE TO #4 TDC AND HEARD A RUBBING NOISE INSIDE THE OIL PAN. TOOK THE PAN BACK OFF AND SAW THAT #2, #3 AND #4 ROD BOLTS WERE HITTING THE OIL PAN. DID I MESS UP OR IS THIS NORMAL? CAN I JUST BASH THE OIL PAN OUT A LITTLE? :screwy:
 
SY-1193

SY-1193

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Re: eagle h-beam

Yes they do scrape. What I did was laid the pan on a bag of sand and reshaped it to clear with a ball peen hammer.

You could go fancy with an aluminum pan but the cheap way is to just make it work by clearancing (Bashing) it.

Check also the clearance of the rods to the block it is a close shave there too. You may need to clearance the block also.
 
blk00z28

blk00z28

Forced to by choice
Re: eagle h-beam

Well as long as you haven't fired up the motor yet its fine. And quite normal. Just take a ball hammer and tap some clearence into the pan.
 
etriebe

etriebe

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Re: eagle h-beam

WELL THANKS I AM GOING TO RUN OUT AND DO THAT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WENT TOGETHER OK. :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
 
ghettosled

ghettosled

SYTY SUPERSTORE
Re: eagle h-beam

autoaddictions said:
I never had to clearance mine. Weird how some tap the pan and others dont.
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super thick gasket? they just barely touch, but i have never seen a set of eagles not require clearance. Only the oliver rods do not require oil pan mods.
 
Aeroking

Aeroking

e.i.
Re: eagle h-beam

hate to tell you now, but did you check clearnace in the block. Cause my rod bolts hit the cylinder walls, and i had to clearance the block.

post pics of the pan when your done.
 
etriebe

etriebe

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Re: eagle h-beam

I got the gasket set from RPM so the victor gasket is pretty thick. rotated the engine before I got the pan on and everything turned smooth. I had the machine shop check the rod clearence before it left.
 
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