Thanks for the nice comments.....
are you getting the mains grooved on this one too?
The crank fresh from Marine. It does in fact have the Gen II type grooves. It also had the balls drilled and tapped, balanced, straightened and nitrated. Note that I retained the CB gear, this is to retain crank mass even though I am not using the counter balancer. This it to help keep the rpms between shifts.
Wossner turbo pistons and roller conversion.
SAE Outlaw Blockoffs for dry blocking (*I did polish them). Its always been a big problem routing hoses with an aftermarket water pump with the shitty angles coming off the OEM thermostat cover and return. I dont run a thermostat anyway. I am also going to buy of of the water pump block offs come monday.....I didnt even know they were made! I have been using an expanding freeze plug for a BBC!
The RCC cast flange and 90 degree schedule 40 304 SS elbow. Tig welding.....how hard can it really be right!!!!!
Pieces tacked.....
Rods back from Carrillo. In truth I will be running Wossner rods in the future...noting wrong with the Carrillos....its just a choice based on personal reasons.
Header almost done!!!!!
Pistons prepped, rings gaped, studs in.
Note: I purchased one of those fancy-ass ring grinders. I have gaped many rings using 400 grit wet-r-dry and never had a problem.....well my fancy ring grinder was way more aggressive then I thought and I ended up having to call Noonan and get some new rings sent. It takes a bit longer with using the sand paper on a straight edge.....but you will likely never over gap a ring using this method.
Double checking bearing gap. Truth is I hate plasti gauge....but I can sleep unless I do it.
Stretching bolts.
Note the ARP main studs.....I purchased these before I knew drilling the lower case oversized was an option. Was using the APE that are bigger in OD and was causing some loading and misalignment. The ARP are nice however.....
Bottom end getting ready!!!!
Note the sprocket on the output.....and the OEM on the other tranny visible in the pic. Seems huge in comparison!!!!
Those roller sprockets are HUGE!!!!! They barely have enough clearance on the head. They do make installing the cams a bit of a pain but nothing too bad. Before with the OEM chain/gears you could loosen up the adjuster enough to jump a tooth if you were a tooth off.....but NOT with the roller!!!!!
ALSO!!!!!!!!
I dont have pictures or video but I have built a bench rig that drives the motors oil pump. The REASON is because I can put on an oil filter and a few quarts of oil and pump oil through the system, circulating oil though the bearings, filter and pickup. I will include pics of what you will find in the filter on a build that was (at least attempted) to be very clean. I ran 70 psi for about 4 hours without ever starting the motor. After the 'flush' I remove the oil, change the filter, clean the pickup screen and wipe down the pan. I recommend anyone building a motor to do the same.
Currently......
Waiting on my new turbo to be build. Its the Forced Performance HTA GT3582r with Tial hot v-band housing.
An expensive little MFer......and taking what seems like forever (*they did say it would be a while!)
~JH
