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About 25 Years or 30,000 miles my engine was rebuilt a 1275 from a 74 MIdget. I run 20W/50 oil and the oil pressure at idle is 10PSi and at 3000 RPM it is 40PSI on the guage on the dash board, these readings are warmed up. What are others getting? Thoughts?
 
Two thoughts come to mind.

Did you use good tri metal rod bearings?

Did you resize the connecting bottom ends?

It could easily be something else, but these two items are the commonly overlooked. I never met a used LBC motor that didn't need the rods resized.
 
Hap Waldrop said:
Two thoughts come to mind.

Did you use good tri metal rod bearings?

Did you resize the connecting bottom ends?

It could easily be something else, but these two items are the commonly overlooked. I never met a used LBC motor that didn't need the rods resized.
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It was a professional job. So, being that it was done back in the early 90's, I can say honestly I do not know.
I was not worried as I said it was done in the 90's just giving it some winter thoughts before we plan our spring time vacation. Thinking of taking the car to Canada and pondering, if I thought a long trip was a good idea?
 
MG_Midget_74 said:
Thinking of taking the car to Canada and pondering, if I thought a long trip was a good idea?
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excellent idea - there's beer waiting in Toronto. Besides will be good practice for Wisconsin in 2011
 
JPSmit said:
MG_Midget_74 said:
Thinking of taking the car to Canada and pondering, if I thought a long trip was a good idea?
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excellent idea - there's beer waiting in Toronto. Besides will be good practice for Wisconsin in 2011
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The car is british you know!!!, I think scotch and water is appropriate. I mean someone in the ECB last week said Scotland should be a separate country, I thought I might start drinking to that.
 
MG_Midget_74 said:
JPSmit said:
MG_Midget_74 said:
Thinking of taking the car to Canada and pondering, if I thought a long trip was a good idea?
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excellent idea - there's beer waiting in Toronto. Besides will be good practice for Wisconsin in 2011
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The car is british you know!!!, I think scotch and water is appropriate. I mean someone in the ECB last week said Scotland should be a separate country, I thought I might start drinking to that.
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and other than beer there is also some nice single malt in the cupboard
 
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