I'm thinking now, it might be a form of piston slap you're hearing. Or, depending on the cam specs, the valves might be hitting the piston when everything gets up to temperature.
Will have a look at that piston when I get the new heads. Gotta be an optical illusion, that should of been picked up by myself or engine shop while the were replacing the rod bolts.
I had a Chevy HD 383 do the same thing. Turned out to be the PCV valve! The rocker started hitting the oil difuser which made the PCV valave slam open and closed.
I'm really curious as to that twisted looking piston, assuming of course it's not an optical illusion, but how could it be when the others are clearly in line. If it is indeed as it appears it must surely be a manufacturing fault? If it was as a result of something going awry lower down I'd have though it would have manifested itself in catastrophic failure already, unless maybe that was just about to happen? But that's nonsense as that pic is during assembly! Hmmmm. Curious and confused. Chris
Before you tear the engine apart, remove the mechanical fuel pump and run the engine. Good chance the noise will be gone.
Most skirt slap I've had clears up when the engine is warmed up. I had a 307 in a '69 C10 and it did that on cold starts. Engine ran flawlessly otherwise. Get the heads off and you may find something. Cut open the oil filter for shits and giggles.
Maybe I've stumbled across the perfect t platform for some decent advice. I'm asking for ideas on the engine, the shitbox it's in is irrelevant.
Pretty much. God help us if what “it” came out of or belongs in becomes relevant. Every 350 is out of here, every 5 speed, every th350, 200 700. I see an engine on a stand
Actually the so-called shitbox it's in is more relevant to this site than anything. Spreading the traditional gospel certainly rules out HQ Holdens.
NO SHIT!!! If that's the case, before you know it, all of our buggies will be pulled around by horse's again!!! How's that for Traditional?!?!?
Very true, provided the barrel of the piston is in the right spot in relation to the wrist pin. My line of thinking is that, if the pin hole was machined a few thousands off, that it just might have just enough clearance to not be compensated for with thermal expansion like common piston slap and might be the reason it makes a little noise at a "float" type scenario. JMHO. Although I've had extremely bad valve guides make noise like that too. I just hope for the OP's sake that it's something simple like a fuel pump or valve guides or a rocker arm hitting something. Chasing noises in an engine sucks!!! Period!!! Hopefully he won't have to yank it out and tear into the bottom end.
Fuel pump ... the little return spring that keeps everything in place. It's broken, sounds just like a lifter tapping. Been there done that, 1976.
Definatly not the fuel pump eliminated that yesterday. Have ordered a summit 1785 cam and lifters (sum-k00172) summit cast steel roller tip rockers and a set of edelbrock e-street heads. When these turn up I will chuck em on and that will cover the valve train. If that doesnt solve it engine will come out after planned car run in a few weeks.
Please let us know what #4 piston looks like when you get the head's off. The picture you posted earlier has me wondering about things.
You can check for a wrist pin knock easily enough. Pull the spark plug wire off whatever cylinder you suspect and run it. The noise will go away without the spark-load on the piston.
Holy shit!!! That's pretty damn loose! Was it hitting the cover? Could be it... Kinda scary for the amount of miles you have on it...
Dont think it made contact with the cover. I brought this engine in an un finished project car to swap running gear over. My fault for taking the guys word I brought the car off he told me engine was rebuilt which it mostly was, it had new pistons, rings and bearings. I pulled it apart before I put it in my car and put arp rod bolts in to match the arp bolts throughout the rest of the engine. I never pulled water pump to check chain although it did look new from the hole in the lifter valley lesson learned hopefully this is the problem. Also just to add it had a new cam in it a crower 00915 Very weak looking cam but sure was economical, even with twin 450s