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<blockquote data-quote="drivermod" data-source="post: 351481" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p>Wow, been awhile since and update. Last I rode was in Harlan on Memorial Day weekend. Things were going great tackling some of the hardest trails with ease until I lost another steering pump. This time it was a brand new KRC pump. Blew the shaft seal out of it. Took the entire system apart and found that the ram had some issues and was sending metal both aluminum and steel through the system which appears to have blocked the pressure relief valve in the pump causing it to blow the seal out. I replaced everything in the system except the steering valve and added a 5 micron filter and heat sink cooler as well. </p><p>While I had the buggy down for the steering problems I figured I would address an issue I was having with the engine. I was getting quite a bit of moisture coming out of the crank case vents when the engine was warmed up. Yanked the engine and when I pulled the intake off I found a 4" long crack in the lifter valley. I probably could have welded it up but just decided to sell off the good parts and put another engine in. I acquired a nicely built 383 off my neighbor. Bischoff ported Canfield heads and a small solid roller on top of a 9.8:1 compression 383 bottom end. The engine pushed his Camaro to 10.80's @ 128 mph in the 1/4 naturally aspirated which should be plenty healthy for some hill killin'. Somewhere in the neigborhood of 530-550 hp on pump gas. I'm sticking with my Holley Stealthram injection, building new headers and changing the exhaust system. Should have it up and running by the end of the year. I have almost 2 weeks off around Christmas to finish it up. I look forward to seeing how it compares to the old engine on the chassis dyno. The old Brodix headed 406 made 241 hp to the tires (roughly 400 hp to the crank). Hoping for closer to 300 rwhp with the new combo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drivermod, post: 351481, member: 4658"] Wow, been awhile since and update. Last I rode was in Harlan on Memorial Day weekend. Things were going great tackling some of the hardest trails with ease until I lost another steering pump. This time it was a brand new KRC pump. Blew the shaft seal out of it. Took the entire system apart and found that the ram had some issues and was sending metal both aluminum and steel through the system which appears to have blocked the pressure relief valve in the pump causing it to blow the seal out. I replaced everything in the system except the steering valve and added a 5 micron filter and heat sink cooler as well. While I had the buggy down for the steering problems I figured I would address an issue I was having with the engine. I was getting quite a bit of moisture coming out of the crank case vents when the engine was warmed up. Yanked the engine and when I pulled the intake off I found a 4" long crack in the lifter valley. I probably could have welded it up but just decided to sell off the good parts and put another engine in. I acquired a nicely built 383 off my neighbor. Bischoff ported Canfield heads and a small solid roller on top of a 9.8:1 compression 383 bottom end. The engine pushed his Camaro to 10.80's @ 128 mph in the 1/4 naturally aspirated which should be plenty healthy for some hill killin'. Somewhere in the neigborhood of 530-550 hp on pump gas. I'm sticking with my Holley Stealthram injection, building new headers and changing the exhaust system. Should have it up and running by the end of the year. I have almost 2 weeks off around Christmas to finish it up. I look forward to seeing how it compares to the old engine on the chassis dyno. The old Brodix headed 406 made 241 hp to the tires (roughly 400 hp to the crank). Hoping for closer to 300 rwhp with the new combo. [/QUOTE]
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