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AdamN
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| Beautiful polishing job on the head. Reminds me of a doco I watched on the ferrari factory... such attention to detail mmmmmmm |
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ef_frmnt
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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that is insane... definetly need to get some engine bay fitting photos up  |
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NFGhia
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Well I thought I'd better make another post before I run out mem in the camera  .
So where was I up to,  Ahh yes HEADS...
Looking at the ports and the area around the valve guide I reckon they could of made a finer cut with the old CNC machine, as you can see there's a nice ridge around the inlet valve stem which when picked with my fingernail removed a few small pieces of Al. Not what I want entering the combustion chamber me thinks... 
 
So going VERY gently with the die grinder I whizzed over all the CNC grooves and smoothed down the area around the valve stems.
And while going over the head from top to bottom I found nice little ridges around the water jacket holes. Don't know if you can see it here:
Back to a bit of powdercoating and I hit the lower inlet manifold and the timing cover with some wrinkle black (does a good job of hiding my not so supoib welds )
I also put a coat of paint over the upper inlet the same as the s/c.
With those major parts made, most of the other little bits I need to make with the motor assembled so I laid it all out.
Now while I was giving everything a good clean and inspection I found one of the pistons didn't have any drain holes in the oil control ring gap. 
Needless to say I made sure to double and triple check every little bit..
So after drilling a few holes it's assembly time !!! 
First up of course is the bump stick cause I can get my hands in there to guide it through the bearings nicely..
Then in with the crank and all tied together with the girdle and ARP studs.
Next up the pistons, and after looking for a while I found my old (spring steel ratchet type) compressor but water had got to it and it was badly rusted.
On a slightly different note, earlier last year I went to a liquidators auction at a tool and die factory as I was looking around for a lathe but I ended up buying all the steel offcuts and other bits for $100. It must have come to around 2 ton of s**t.
So I just happen to find a nice ring of steel which I turned up to do the job.
 
After checking crank and big end clearances (all good there) it was time to dial in the cam and see if Wade got the regrind right.
All checked out ok there, if anything maybe 1/2 to 1deg advance which is fine. It should be interesting to see how this cam is as its apparently a 250Kw Tickford grind. I'd say it's the one that was put into the stroked TS50's.
And on go the heads....
 
Now it's on to the accessories and all the other bits I need to merge this motor with the Lane. So I popped the bits together to see how much space I've got to play with.
 
Probably gonna be a little tight at the back but should fit in there, and thats where I'm up to for now.. |
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Vic
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Pete, you make it look so easy and I am pretty impressed! |
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NFGhia
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| But thats only cause I'm not posting up all the little f**k-ups and bits I throw out along the way.. Hehehe |
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Macca
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| NFGhia wrote: | | But thats only cause I'm not posting up all the little f**k-ups and bits I throw out along the way.. Hehehe |
I love the honesty, we all do it, including mechanics that forget to fill a Caterpillar 793 final drive with oil (Shift change overs and assumptions), only cost them about $78,0000 in damages, this wouldn't include the cost of down time. |
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huggiebear
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Damage wrote: | | only cost them about $78,0000 in damages, this wouldn't include the cost of down time. |
pfft thats pocketmoney... |
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Vic
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| NFGhia wrote: | | But thats only cause I'm not posting up all the little f**k-ups and bits I throw out along the way.. Hehehe |
Lol.
Still, could you tone down the excellent work and maybe cut out using that brilliant powder coating gun and give us poor slobs a chance with our positively ordinary motors? |
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ixlrate
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Vic wrote: | | NFGhia wrote: | | But thats only cause I'm not posting up all the little f**k-ups and bits I throw out along the way.. Hehehe |
Lol.
Still, could you tone down the excellent work and maybe cut out using that brilliant powder coating gun and give us poor slobs a chance with our positively ordinary motors? |
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NFGhia
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Awww come on guys, your going to absolutely hate me when I start to re-spray the thing.. |
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Vic
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Man you have no idea how tempting the idea of purchasing a powder coating kit is... the only thing stopping me is the lack of a decent oven to bake the item after coating. |
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huggiebear
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Vic wrote: | | Man you have no idea how tempting the idea of purchasing a powder coating kit is... the only thing stopping me is the lack of a decent oven to bake the item after coating. |
yeah i agree there. i work at the good guys so i should go buy an oven  but i dont have the spare cash. we do have a few that would be good for baking |
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ixlrate
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| huggiebear wrote: | | Vic wrote: | | Man you have no idea how tempting the idea of purchasing a powder coating kit is... the only thing stopping me is the lack of a decent oven to bake the item after coating. |
yeah i agree there. i work at the good guys so i should go buy an oven but i dont have the spare cash. we do have a few that would be good for baking |
I'm sure things do fall of the back of a truck  |
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huggiebear
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| lol, i wish it was that easy. we are doing stocktake now so if it goes missing in 2 days time they wont know till 12 months time |
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ixlrate
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| huggiebear wrote: | | lol, i wish it was that easy. we are doing stocktake now so if it goes missing in 2 days time they wont know till 12 months time |
Who knows where you'll be in 12 mths,perhaps harvey norman. |
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huggiebear
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| ixlrate wrote: | | huggiebear wrote: | | lol, i wish it was that easy. we are doing stocktake now so if it goes missing in 2 days time they wont know till 12 months time |
Who knows where you'll be in 12 mths,perhaps harvey norman. |
actually they are a**hole there but alot better pay and staff prices then my work |
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wicksy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| hows the animal of a car going mate??? |
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schnoods
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice choice of colour. A job well done ( so far ) and i hope you put some sound clips up when you break her in. |
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hellraiser125
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Doing a great job, I hope it fits under the bonnet, keep it up take your time it will hammer when your done. |
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Chich
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Well done mate, its coming along well. Any particular reason why you're running timing gears instead of a chain? Surely the blower whine is enough isn't it  |
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