Strange Magic wrote:The side clearence will not effect pressure which is the same theory that a narrow rod bearing vs a standard rod bearing will not show a loss or gain either in pressure.
Here is the problem. With .030 clearence it is considered excessive and it will throw a significant amount of oil up onto the walls. This is not what you want and it is wrong. .018-.020 is fine.
You seem to contradict yourself??? If wider side clearances don't affect oil pressure, why would it throw more oil onto the cylinder walls? Where did this extra oil come from? Do you think it lets more oil past the bearing or not? If it did, why wouldn't that affect oil pressure? You can't have it both ways.Strange Magic wrote:As far as quantity, it doesn't take rocket science to figure out that rods with .030 side clearence will source more oil onto the cylinder walls than a rod with .020. Thats a 33.3 percent increase
IMO the amount of oil on the cylinder walls would be the same(because the amount of oil past the bearings would be the same), regardless of side clearance, unless the bearing clearance is way to big.
Rick