Thread: Engine Assembly Lube

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Hello.... on assembly lube for flat tappet cam'd engines... i use Permatex
assembly lube on bearing shells & wrist pins & seals , valves & guides and on chain & cam & crank gears , pushrod ends & rocker tips and rocker bodys & shaft assembly.
Then cam is deburred & wiped clean & blown with air i use moly based paste only on cam lobes & lifters eg: ARP assembly lube or Crane moly paste or Old Isky moly paste ( Isky went to red gell like Redline product for a little while ..then back to good o'll moly paste
HINT... there are failers when gell is used with flat tappet cam'd engines..it does not stay put is the bottom line here.

I never had a cam lobe failer in 28 years building.. then i switched to Redline Assembly lube for entire engine.. i still don't know why i did..it was quicker or cleaner then paste.. the tech data looked impressive...?
Anyway wish i had never switched ... wiped 4 cams out on dyno with redline assembly lube on cam & lifters''. ooooooooooch .. went back to moly paste

We use moly paste on cam lobes and on bottom lifter only & never use on lifters bores. I use Brad Penn 30W oil on lifter bores & cylinder bores & rings and soak chain in oil.

For break in oil we use Brad Penn 30W & 1 bottle Comp break in oil #159 ... then use space heater under pan warm oil to prox 120/130F .. fire engine up run 25/30 min @ 2500 min RPM..... drain oil add new Brad Penn oil & new filter 1 more bottle Comp 159....fire back up engine & tune... 0 failers again .
My 2 cents... Regards Daryl