Sup fellas, Well I've been crazy busy in the shop lately....I have roughly 11 engine builds in the works right now....three of those for Aussie members Anyways, I wanted to share one of the recent builds I finished for a customer of mine. He originally had his engine built locally near him but after only 1100 miles it had so much blow by and crank case pressure the engine failed on him. So he sent it over to me to go through. He got a lot of goodies done. Here is his mod list. Wiseco 88mm pistons w/ lateral gas ports (machined in house) Scat Rods Clevite main/rod bearings EPR Coated Rods EPR Coated Pistons EPR Coated Bearings Cometic HGs ARP Main/Headstuds Manley SS 1mm valves JWT HD Springs JWT R4+ Cams MSP Manifolds 675 Turbos EPR CoatedTurbos EPR Coated Manifolds EPR Street Port EPR Coated Combustion Chambers EPR Coated Exhaust Ports NA Oil squirters Tigged center counter weight Fully balanced rotating assembly Polished Journals EPR Ported Oil Pump EPR Spec'd Block Pin fitted Rods/Pistons Fully Deburred block/heads Surfaced heads New oil galley plugs New Freeze Plugs New restrictors and oil jets Now from start to finish on the build... bearings pulled when I received the engine. This engines bearings had seen better days... Coated his pistons Prepped his rods and bearings for coating services.... machined lateral gas ports in pistons. This promotes a better ring seal and IMO an absolute must for turbo applications. Rods coated with an oil shed coating. This helps in oil recovery and keeping parasitic drag off the rotating assembly. WIN/WIN setup Parts laid out for inventory I finished his block out and now its ready for its final cleaning... Parts spread and prepped for final assembly... Prepped block Verifying housing bores are within spec and concentric... Slightly on the big end...which is perfect for this application Checking housing bores on the rods. Very vital in ensuring that the rod bore is within spec and is 100% concentric. .0004 big....I like what I see...means good oil clearance for the rod bearings. Coated cylinder bores. This promotes ring seal while in break in. Short block assembly together... EPR Street port bring performed to cylinder heads... Roughed in the exhaust ports. I tried a different exhaust port layout this time. This picture is not a finished port. Studded Short block... Coated Exhaust ports Coated 675 Turbos. Thermal dispersant on the compressor housings and a thermal barrier on the turbine housings. This is my Black Onyx Service I offer... Coated Manifolds... Build room...where all the magic happens Thats all fellas. Just wanted to share one of the bigger builds I've done recently. I"ll be posting more threads on the three Aussie builds I have here at the shop soon. Lots going on for these guys. Thanks for looking!!!
One small thing that i love about seeing these engines being built is that you have the small block sitting there looking innocent and then you put the heads on and it is like "lookout bitches I mean business". I am a simple person... PS I hope you used a Torque Boaring Plate lol
You stole my words tom! But i think theres enough gay going around now to promote not saying it again, plus we dont want to freak the bloke out. But yes, this thread has just made my afternoon. And bang on 5pm. Top work. Always enjoy reading your engine build threads.
Like the work. Would you mind putting up what the average cost of that type of work is for a Aussie to send over then you do that type of job then ship back. Just out of interest. Cheers Dave
you can install the tstat housing with the heads on. To the rest....thanks for all the compliments. I have more to show in the coming weeks on other various builds. Stay tuned.
:thumbup::thumbup: Eric I spotted the same thing when scrolling through was thinkin "Umm i think he forgot something" I didn't know it was possible to fit that pipe/thermostat housing in with heads and lower manifold on? I had a hard enough time with just the right head on, those two bolts are a pain in the ass.. I think i read somewhere you can if you shave a piece of the head off
Mitch is right. You can fit the housing afterward. Cause I have done it when I had to fix a water leak. Better to do it before though.
Thanks was just out of interest not actually wanting it done. Just interested what such a major rebuild was worth. Looks like you do it very well. The pictures show an amazing clean work place and every thing well set out. Cheers Dave
This build inspired me to stick with the vg even after all the head aces its given me... :zlove: at last i found some one that puts the same amount of care and detail as i do in my own trade. happy to be #3 from down under..
