5.7 Hemi progress
The heads of the 5.7 Hemi were milled about 0.020″ for some added compression ratio. An important thing is the actual finish of the milled heads. Multilayer Headgaskets require a smoother finish than regular composite [more … ]
Engine builds
Blower pulley spacer machining
Needed to make a pulley for the alternator and powersteering belt to run on on the blowermotor project. I had a nice chunk of aluminium laying around so I went to work on the lathe [more … ]
Oil pump polishing
To aid flow and free up some pressure lost due to internal friction I polished and camfered the inside of a pumphousing. The block passages also have been cleaned and camfered.
5.7L Hemi project
This is a 2004-2006 5.7L Hemi. This motor served as a donor for another 5.7L Hemi-motor by giving up 3 pistons and a head, but is otherwise in seemingly nice condition. The damaged parts from [more … ]
440 header mockup
Received some engine parts recently and along with it came a set of these zoomie headers. I have the idea of using these headers as a good basis for making a set of full length [more … ]
Stroker motor assembly
Started working on my next stroker motor project. Below is a mockup of the crank and the aluminium maincaps. Some minor clearancing needs to be done in the block for the rod-bolts to clear the [more … ]
Long Ram intake manifolds
I scored a set of Long ram intake manifolds recently. Since the long rams on the ’60 NewYorker seem to work very nicely, I couldn’t resist not to buy this set for another project.
500ci Supercharged stroker motor
The block has been machined. The following machinings have be done: – Decking; – .030″ Overbore; – Cylinder honing; – Line-bore; – 2.5″ Concrete fill in the waterjackets. The 440Source.com 4.15″ stroker crank has gotten [more … ]
392ci Early Hemi
The engine has been bored and honed and awaiting assembly. October 2006… Just got back from a day of driving around the country hauling back a Dana60 rearaxle and the 392 Hemi-engine. I like the [more … ]
496ci Stroker with Longram intakes
496″ Longram stroker engine (re)build pics: – 440, +.030 oversize – “Hawks Racing” 4.15″ stroker crank, H-Beam rods, 10.5:1cr Diamond-pistons. – Edelbrock heads (84cc) – CompCams XR274R-10 – Mechanical Solid Roller cam, 236/242 @.050 Duration, [more … ]
440ci Streetmotor
440ci w/ 0.030″ overbore (1966). ‘915’ heads w/ home port&polish. 2.08 / 1.74 MP valves. Crane 1.5 Gold Roller Rockers. KeithBlack Hypereutectic Pistons (237), zero-deckheight. 0.040″ piston/head clearance. 11:1 cr (measured). Erson Solid cam (256@050, [more … ]