<VV> unusual? failure? something to watch for long CORVAIR related story

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one of my own motors  (@110hp )has been a touch noisy since i built  it. 
hard to place it , but it sounded like an old flathead v8 with the noisy cam  
gear. it had good oil pressure , even at low speeds. no metal showed up on 
the  magnetized dipstick or the oil plug. finally my transmission went nuts 
at @4500  miles. i took it out and put one from a van in. that van moved on 
its own power  just fine , and the tranny was "xtra clean" so i took the 
chance. Well it bit  me! slippery and all. 
So my final answer was to steal the new powertrain  (140 with 2 carbs  for 
now ) out of my lakewood project sleeping in the corner. that is running  
fine now. i am getting too old and sore to do this stuff!
back to the MOTOR ahead of the 2 trannys . i decided to change the cam ,  
even if i could not see any damage , feel any play , or...(i wanted to go to 
a  9891 cam from the 9889 anyhow).
well this is a side job in between a lot of other situations here , so i  
clean parts and pile them to wait for assembly. my findings are: the oil 
filter  has a metal gasket retainer plate with holes in it matching the holes in 
the top  of the filter pressed on. this plate spun a little , blocking the 
holes .so i  THINK the blockage caused the oil pump to work  very hard 
pumping thru the  bypass valves , showing real shiny wear on the distributor 
gear? due to the fact  that i paint my oil filters a semi black , and i use 2 
sources of filters , i am  not sure of the brand. not sure how that plate 
could spin , unless (i doubt it  but)  i spun it when installing it. 
this is one of several motors i built this year , but the only one i heard  
this type of noise in.
now i may look at filters on the rest of my stuff.... the trick here is  
that the pressure indicated on my test adaptabolt oil gauge i use on all of my 
 motors for the first few hours of running was perfectly normal.
i put a picture of the filter in the last issue of our newsletter.
my final words are: try not to spin the filter , just the bolt, when you  
install it.
regards, Tim  Colson                      i hope the picture works
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