New Here!!! Hello Everyone!!!!

[SAJOMATIC]

Hello Everyone!!!! Just Thought I Would Say Hello From Kansas!!!

[rookie]

Hello!

What are ya running in the Camero?

Do ya race, if so what does it run?

[Mwilson]

welcome, Im still new as well. As said whats it run?

[SAJOMATIC]

The Camaro Has A 355 Cid. 010 4 Bolt Block. Cola Crank. Manley H Beam Rods. Srp Pistons. Dart 2 Heads Ported By Andy. Victor Jr Intake. 775 Race Demon Carb. Crower Solid Roller Valvetrain, With A Custom Ground Cam. I Took It To The Track Shortly After I Got It Running-we Hadn't Really Tuned On It Much-and Went A 10.80 I Didnt Have A Cage In It At The Time. I Told The Officials That I Had No Idea What It Ran. Anyways I Got Sent Home After That. I Do Drive It On The Street Also. This Winter I Was Going To Change From The Moroso Pan To A Stefs. We Discovered That The Engine Had Main Bearing Issues!!! I Have Been Very Busy Installing A Different Block And A Cage!!! The Car Also Has An Msd Digital 7 , Turbo 4oo With An Ati Convertor And A 12 Bolt With 4.56 Gears And Cal Tracs.

[rookie]

Don't want to scare ya, but if you did not find the reason for the bearing issue, I have seen some oiling issues with Cola cranks.

Hope thats not the case on yours.

[Mwilson]

Awesome times for a 355, I thought my old 355 was doing good at 11.6 with sportsman II heads.

[SAJOMATIC]

Originally Posted by rookie

Don't want to scare ya, but if you did not find the reason for the bearing issue, I have seen some oiling issues with Cola cranks.

Hope thats not the case on yours.

the 3 center mains looked terrible.the 3 center main caps were changed on the block. the block was then align honed. all other bearings looked like new!!! i was running the moroso racing pump(not a high volume unit). upon complete teardown we noticed that threre were spots in the main caps where the stone never touched. maybe the block should have been line-bored??? i decided to just start over with another block. the guy who did the original align hone has quit and moved on. the new block is at a different shop. what have you seen with the cola cranks???? i would hate to put this all back together and have more problems!!!

[rookie]

The one that got the question started was a 434 that would trash rod bearings about every 5 to 7 runs, after several rod resizes and the rods being replaced a time or two they found that some of the oil holes in the crank where not drilled or not correctly, so take the time to inspect all the oil passages in the crank to make sure they are correct.

Through out the time of all this the engine changed hands and one person assumed it was a rod problem that the other person had just over looked or over reved the engine, that is why it went over looked for so long.

Then along the way we started hearing other Cola storys that matched.

Cola built very nice cranks but apperently along the way they had a bad run or a bad quality control issue.

[rookie]

Also, have your engine builder check the crank for straightness and roundness of bearing journals.