Steve, yes he did a leakdown test before running it up to 3000 to see for himself if it came out the dipstick, which it did.
Chuck, do you think that brace is the cause? It's the same set up as when I ran the solid roller when it was built originally by Len and Shaker. It always leaked from the pan gasket before, but perhaps the rings sealed better when they built it than now on this rebuild.
If that's part of the problem, short of removing the epoxy or drilling vent holes, would putting a breather where the valley pan pcv grommet is, relieve some pressure? It's currently plugged as I'm not running a pcv.
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472, Bullet SFT, KRE 85cc, Victor, 850xp, TH400, TSP 9.5" 4800, 3.90 10 bolt, Viking DA rears, QA1 single fronts, 3558lbs. best to date 11.14@120
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