R-100 4X4

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Cleaned up nice ...

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Not my pan, goes on the other stroker motor that I'm working on ...

I'm using a Mercruiser boat motor oil pan ..

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Got a bit more capacity ....

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Deburring the lifter valley is slow go ..
 
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Sold the 88 motorhome 454 as a long block, heads are the Gen VI ..
The new owner wants me to finish the motor, he's going to install it in a 57 Bel-Air ..

The 496" build is going together slowly due to waiting on parts and tools to show up ..
Some parts has came in ..

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Keeping the shine going on, timing cover will add a bit more ..

On my 496" build is on going ..

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Cleaned up pretty nice ...

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Deburring the lifter valley took some time, not done with that job yet ...

Hoping to get a shine in there like this oil pan has ..

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Bout that time again ..

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.060" over here we come ...

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I'm not seeing any balancing holes ..
When I placed the order I asked to have it externally balanced ...
Pulled the invoice and no mention of that requested service is on it .. ?
 
Had to order the damper and a flywheel from them ...
They could had done the job there ...

But .....


All good, the local shop can do ...
 
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Nice Hi-Po parts ...

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The customer wanted O.S. SS valves installed ...

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Started in on that chore by doing a washup ..

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More ponies are on the menu ..

Hoping to get back to working on the Binder's motor real soon ..
I'm going to put the block back in the boring stand ...
I decided to take out .020" more meat ... Finish bore will be right at 4.330", with the 4.250" stoker crank cubes will be right at 500 ...

Dang Big Bear crap ...

Speaking of 'Bear Crap' we have this tidbit of a warning !

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A bit of work is involved with doing oversize valves ...

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The owner is into the shiny stuff ..

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Just might look as good as it will run ...

Ran up on a problem ...

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Installing the new balancer didn't go very well ..
Needed to have it on the crank in order to do the balance job ..

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Since the press fit was out in left field, needed to find out why ??

Compared the measurements' to GM stock parts and found the balancer's hole .0023" smaller ..
Had to order a ball hone to open up the hole ...

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Could had sent it back, but didn't want to deal with the red-tape and waiting on the shipping ..

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A bit of work is involved with doing oversize valves ...

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The owner is into the shiny stuff ..

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Just might look as good as it will run ...

Ran up on a problem ...

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Installing the new balancer didn't go very well ..
Needed to have it on the crank in order to do the balance job ..

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Since the press fit was out in left field, needed to find out why ??

Compared the measurements' to GM stock parts and found the balancer's hole .0023" smaller ..
Had to order a ball hone to open up the hole ...

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Could had sent it back, but didn't want to deal with the red-tape and waiting on the shipping ..

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Is that etched or tape?
 
Those are the PP heads ...
Using 2.19" intake & 1.88" exhaust oversize valves ...

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The two above photos is a set of heads I'm building for my truck .. (54 R-100)
They are the large oval port 781 casting heads ..
Doing 2.25" intakes and 1.88" exhaust with having 11/32" stems ..

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Also a stroker with a bit larger bore (4.330") than the PP head stroker motor ... Cubes will be a little over 500 inches ..
 
Started on the second PP head ...

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Bunch of meat was removed from the exhaust bowl and a bit from the chamber wall ..
The O.S. valve should breathe really good ...
 
Been in the mode of attaining the parts to add-on a motor oil cooler ...
Since the motor is on it's way to being a Hoss, anything that will help keep it running cool is a plus ..

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A while back nailed down the used GM oil cooler adapter and a few feet of AN-8 hose & fittings ...
Was on the hunt for a used cooler that would fit a spot I got picked out, not wanting to add heat to the radiator cause I got a feeling it will have it's hands full keeping the motor running cool ..

Did run up on a few used coolers with -8 hose fitting that I could have used, tried to nail one down by paying with using PayPal .. That didn't work out very well so I gave up on finding used ..

Bought one off of eBay that would fit between the frame rails .. Perfect for the intended spot I had in mind, but it had AN-10 fitting welded on ... Did a little backing up on the parts ...

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Do think everything needed was in hand to mount the cooler ...
Not knowing what I was going to run into plumbing wise ordered enough fittings to make it happen ...

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The -10 hose size was the ticket, any bigger wouldn't have worked out well ..

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Fabricated some mounts to weld on .. Not liking the hose fittings I got, they don't allow for much room .. Got some different ones coming ...

Do think my choice for the cooler was the right one ... Certainly is big enough, shouldn't have a problem getting rid of heat ....

To keep a eye on the oil temp I installed a gauge ...

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Hope the fittings comes in today ..
Still have the welding to do and to fab the lower mount ...
 
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Looks good, but I have mixed feelings about external oil coolers. Had a line blow on a motorcycle and it blew the engine. Your truck has a pressure gage so you should have some warning before that happens.
 
I hear ya .. I'm using Evil Energy PTFE hose which supposed to be made heavy freaken duty ..
Do have the factory IH gauges on line ...

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The oil pressure sending unit is Oem for the og Silver Diamond IH 220 cid 6 cylinder ..

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For 70+ year old stuff they still work like day one ... Being the gauges was made for 6 volts had to get a voltage reducer ...

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It's the fin gizmo on the right in the photo ..
On the left is the cruise controller. shift LED indicator controller and the programmable key buzzer module ..

Being the oil cooler is mounted behind the bummer, it's well shielded from harm ..
Old truck won't be a rock crawler, by far, but will see some light off-road usage ..
 
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