R-100 4X4

[Jesse Stewart]

Cleaned up nice ...

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

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

Got a bit more capacity ....

Deburring the lifter valley is slow go ..

 

[Jesse Stewart]

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 ..

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

On my 496" build is on going ..

Cleaned up pretty nice ...

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 ..

Bout that time again ..

.060" over here we come ...

 

[Jesse Stewart]

Honed one bank, started on the other ..
Once this block is done will take the block out of the bore stand and do it ..

 

[Jesse Stewart]

I may be looking at a problem with the stoker crank ..

 

[FDChappie]

Clearance issues?

 

[Jesse Stewart]

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 .. ?

 

[FDChappie]

Ah, how can they balance it without the rest of the rotating assembly?

 

[Jesse Stewart]

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 ...

 

[Jesse Stewart]

Nice Hi-Po parts ...

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

Started in on that chore by doing a washup ..

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 !

 

[Jesse Stewart]

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

The owner is into the shiny stuff ..

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

Ran up on a problem ...

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

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 ...

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

 

[Jesse Stewart]

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[FDChappie]

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?