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Major updates all. After much waiting and anticipation, the bottom end of the engine got built today. Doug K hosted and facilitated the event - I made coffee runs and defrosted the refridgerator Anyhoo... here is how the day went. Venti Egg-nog Latte, extra hot. Tediously cleaning out all the bolt threads My what a clean crank you have! Crank set into the block Bottom end put together: Torquing down the block to gap the piston rings. Installing piston and rod assembly We sacrificed a goat over the block to ward off any evil rod spirits Alas - a nice clean bottom end. Stay tuned! Scott C.
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Update - So, the imfamous Doug K just stopped by my house to pick up most of my engine parts (bolts, piping, oil pan, etc.). He also grabbed my Turbo which by way looks great all put together! So - Head should be complete next week. Doug is going to start the bottom end and should be ready for the head at that time. He say he may have the engine complete by Dec 1st. I will cart the M66 up to his place and we will assemble the clutch/trans/engine all together, wrestle it into the back of the wifes SUV and get it back to the shop. If I make it that far, its all about taking some of that PTO time and getting the thing into the car and all hooked up again. May be on the road by Christmas? Scott C.
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Ok ok already.... Bottom end is finished. Crank is just getting a bit more polished up. Top end will be ready end-of-next-week~ish. Anyone recognize that bench??? Time to get busy! Scott C.
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I drove two hours to the machine shop to check the progress on the head work. Things are moving... albiet slowly, but moving. On this project, it is Quality over Quantity. It's kind of hard getting good pictures of head ports with a crappy little camera but here it goes: So I guess you can figure out what angle this is from... at least it if from the intake side. Notice how the port has contoured all the way into the valve guides. We're opening that puppy up! Here is a closer view of one the contours. Now - the above two pictures are on the ports that have been ported and contoured. On cylinder 5 we have continued to port all the way around the backside of the valve stems. This will be more compressed air onto the back side of the valve when under boost. It looks a bit rough as it is still work in progress, but once smoothed out and polished... it will look pristine. This is a shot up the mock cylinder on the air flow machine of cylinder 5. Not all to sexy, but this is the view your piston gets all day... just a bit darker. Well, I have some other goodies to post but that will be for tomorrow. Calling it a day. Scott C.
