• The site migration is complete! Hopefully everything transferred properly from the multiple decades old software we were using before. If you notice any issues please let me know, thanks! Also, I'm still working on things like chatbox, etc so hopefully those will be working in the next week or two.

Pics of my engine tear down dial up user beware

Just got a call from my machine shop and they said the crank looked so good all they are ganna do is polish it
the oly signs that the engine had 185xxx on it is the exhaust valve seats they were hammered pretty good
did the valve gringing today and have of the valve seats its a bit tricky i found out if your not used to it
 


Send the pistons and piston rods to the machine shop. Have the rods align bored. Trust me on this one. You'd really only like to do this once and the minute you unbolt a rod....it's needed.
 
The block pistons rods crank balance shaft and cam all went every things getting aligned and checked new pistons and so on
I even sent the cam to get checked just incase money falls short and i cant get my s1x
 
I run a devils own kit and have no problems. I wish I would have built a 3800 instead of the I6 for my jeep when we had to do engines.
 
01GTP said:
I run a devils own kit and have no problems. I wish I would have built a 3800 instead of the I6 for my jeep when we had to do engines.
Click to expand...

Yea it was ganna be my 86 c30's 454 or my gp's engine and as much as i want to build up my truck the gp was bleeding oil pretty bad looks like it was just the oild pan but still

now the heads are off to the machine shop the exhaust valveseats were shot couldnt gring them with out going to deep but its ok i figured it would need something unexpected
 
that's definitely more of the engine than i've seen, props on putting up pics, it was a good idea. i'd love to do the same thing here in a few years but it's probably just wishful thinking. what school are you going to?
 


San Joaquin delta college Its a Junior college here in ca They are GM sponsored
I looked t wyo and uti type programs but im a broke ass and didnt wanna be 40grand in dept lol

The engine build is definatly an experiance and ive already made a few big nono mistakes but its all good
 
haha i get ya on that. i wanted to go to one of those schools, i did my research and my parents pretty much said they wouldn't pay for it. it's not like i had much of a job either, i turned 18 a week after bowling green started this semester. the only good part was i'm here on a full tuition scholarship and a few grants. i should only owe about 2000 after this semester, hard to get mad about that
 
yea Im actually going free but projects cost money such as engines brake and trans classes Im happy about it though plus they are really focused on the ase tests
 
Yea i was looking at them at first for the fabrication aspect but after touring the sacramento facility i changed my mind real quick
 


So the builds at a stand still waiting on parts
Heres a break down of costs so far

Shortblock shop costs 1000 roughly
thats cleaned up block
align bore crank
polish crank
regrind cam Just in case and I only get a 17 buck credit if i didnt
new pistons
reconditioned connecting rods
Full gasket set
head bolts still may use studs
all bearings
oil pump
oil pick up

Heads Used stage 2 intense heads w/valves/springs checked and reconditioned by a machine shop 700

s1x cam intense pcm flash jp single timing set 520

ported blower with smoothflow mps 3.4 To start 170

Moroso wires 65

oil assembly lube rtv locktite 125ish

2600ish so far
 
someone who is starting with a 3.4 on a cam setup? wow, guy, you clearly have listened to us. i love how people just assume that they can run like a 3.0 pulley right away..hahaha.

got any other pullies that you are buying? youll need them with cam and heads. ;)
 
I figured 3.4 was a good starting point
But yet another set back some a$$ hat busted the window in my wifes car so now i get to pay for that instead of sending my blower off to get ported and the mps put on
Can you pull the stock pulley off and put an mps on with out the special puller?

So pissed off right now dude busted her window triing to get the cd player a security gaurd chased the guy so he didnt get the stereo but the kicker is the doors were unlocked thats going to be 150 to replace
 
Bio248 said:
someone who is starting with a 3.4 on a cam setup? wow, guy, you clearly have listened to us. i love how people just assume that they can run like a 3.0 pulley right away..hahaha.

got any other pullies that you are buying? youll need them with cam and heads. ;)
Click to expand...

I plan to drop down to a 3.2 atleast after i get the car up and running scanned and all that fun stuff out of the way
 


Personally I would rent one from zzp is the cheapest way to go and once you have the MPS hub on it, you shouldnt have to worry about it ever again... Mini does seem to have a good price for purchase of it though.....depends on which way you want to go.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top