A Different Sort of Build Thread

[Glenn]

Looking awesome, the tension is building as the epic unveil approaches. Can't wait to see what kinda powah this thing makes. Beastly

[littlemissGTO]

Looking awesome, the tension is building as the epic unveil approaches. Can't wait to see what kinda powah this thing makes. Beastly

Part of the discussion today was how much to cut the heads to see what kind of power gains could be met. I'll have to think on that for a bit.

[littlemissGTO]

Today I did some more work with the cylinder heads. They are just about ready for assembly, but before that I checked the combustion chamber sizes. During the porting, I opened the chamber up ever so slightly. It looks like I gained about 1.5 cc. Tomorrow I have to decide how much I want to mill the heads. After milling is done the heads will be cleaned twice and then assembled.

[astrochex]

giggity

[TIMMAY!!!]

If I was doing this I would have been done by now and had it back in the car...



...and then it wouldn't start because I fucked it up.



Just kidding. I wouldn't have had it done by now and I still would have been fucking it up. Looking good.

[littlemissGTO]

Today started off awesome. Decided to mill the heads just enough to clean them up and make sure they were straight. I ended up taking .020" off both heads. I'm good with that my compression ratio should be around 11.7:1.


After the heads were milled, I lapped the valves in and then cleaned the heads. Once all that was done it was time to assemble the heads.



This is where my afternoon went to hell in a hand basket. The freaking valve seals are too small. So I called the vendor that I purchased the seals and the guides from and explained what was going on and luckily they have the size I need in stock. I'll pick them up Monday and hopefully finish assembling the heads and get even closer to starting this engine up.

[dejo]

sad to hear Shauna. but at least its something petty and small, not more work- just makes you wait a bit to do it. glad to see its coming along anyway

[Hic]

Bummer

[PaulD]

it's always the little stuff that slows you down ...

[astrochex]

it's always the little stuff that slows you down ...