OK, gotcha. I didn't quite catch the sarcasm. After all you have invested, it would be a major shame to have something break.
Now are your brakes up to the task?
OK, gotcha. I didn't quite catch the sarcasm. After all you have invested, it would be a major shame to have something break.
Now are your brakes up to the task?
Yes, it would be a shame to have something break after all is said and done. I'd probably cry like a girl if anything happened.
Yes, they are. I'm pretty sure they are six piston up front. I'm running aftermarket pads and rotors.
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I swear every time I set foot in the shop I enter a time warp.
So tonight I got the oil pump apart and inspected. Thankfully the new one hadn't eaten anything and it can be reused.
I got the valve covers, front and rear covers, the oil pan, and the pick up tube in the wash tonight. They are cleaning up nicely. I'm thinking about painting the valve covers and the front and rear covers. I'll decide on that tomorrow.
The valve guides were measured, and there was a little too much wear for me to feel comfortable reusing them, so out they are coming. I also took a look at the exhaust ports and I have plenty of room to work with when I start porting them.
I just thought this was a cool shot.
The mains were torqued down and measured. There's some taper in them, but not that bad. They were also checked to see if they were level with each other. They were not, but that can be fixed.
Dykem is fun to work with, as long as you can keep from getting it all over...LOL
Tomorrow I will begin cutting the main caps. I will also get all of the guides out of the heads and put them in the wash again.
This build should be titled, "size matters".
From a photographers point of view, it is a very arty shot. I like it and could you even see it up in a car based cafe (if there are any in America)Originally Posted by littlemissGTO
Look forward to seeing the build come along.
Today was slightly frustrating. I started cutting the main caps and discovered that the cap grinder put .0025" of taper in the caps. Tomorrow I'll figure out how to get them right and start align honing the block.
I also removed the rest of the valve guides from my cylinder heads. Only one was a PITA, but eventually it cooperated.
The cylinder head is just fine, which is a good thing.
I'm hoping tomorrow goes a bit smoother than today. I'd like to have the crank in the block so I can make sure I order the right length timing chain.
Lots of progress was made tonight, and I learned how to run a new machine.
I learned how to run the align bore machine tonight. It was used to fix the main cap incident from yesterday. The caps are all now within .0018" from being where I want them.
My friend (Jason) loading the bar into the block and explaining to me how to adjust the height of the bar.
Getting the boring bar dialed in on the rear of the block.
Doing the same with the front of the block:
Setting up the cutter:
All lined up:
Here's a video of the machine doing it's job:
Tomorrow I will align hone the block. Hopefully I will only need two passes (back and forth) to finish that part of the machine work. After that's done the block will get loaded into the hone and I'll start honing the block.
Tonight started with getting the block set up in the align hone machine. Unfortunately it took a few more than two passes to get the main bores where I wanted them. I ended up having to grind a couple of the caps ever so slightly.
Once the mains were done, the block with into the SV-10. I love that machine.
The shadowing shows that the cylinders are getting cleaned up and eventually measured at 4.0055".
All nice and round with some nice crosshatching.
Here's a vid of the SV-10 doing work, and making my life easier.
So Monday I will start cleaning the block. I will also measure to see if I need to order a shorter timing chain set. I'll also order what parts I need to finish assembling the engine.
So glad to see this is turning out well. I can't wait to see dyno numbers!!