Well today starts the final push to finish! :dance:

 

I've ordered the first of two shipments for the final parts i need.

 

This sunday Rudi's coming down to my parents house where the block is and we'll get stuck in on the bottom half of the engine.

 

We'll be:

• gapping the piston rings
  
• fitting the pistons to the con rods
  
• fitting the bearings for the crank
  
• fitting the crank/pistons/conrods
  
• fitting the oil pump
  
• fitting the windage tray
  
• fitting and sealing the oil sump
  
• fitting the cam
  
• timing chain and gears, harmonic damper etc
  
• flywheel
  
• timing cover
  
• pumps and ancillaries
  

 

By the end of sunday we hope to have the bottom half block finished ready to take the final measurements and order in the final parts with need to complete the build.

 

I'll order the final parts from the states next week including the head gaskets andcomplete the build.

 

Then it's off to peter knight engineering in daventry where the engine will be strapped ot the test bed, jetted and dyno'd and i'll finally get to hear it fire up and run for the first time and we'll see just how much power/torque we get out of her :D

 

Ideally i'm hoping for 400+bhp and close to 500 ft/lb of torque but anything over 350bhp will be good enough :)

 

I'll keep you all updated on this thread as we progress on Sunday/I get back from picking up everything on saturday from real steel.

I take it your not coming to Z009? :cry:

bet you cant wait mate !! , glad it's not far off for you now

 

keep us all updated and hope you can post some sound clips :D:D

 

Chris

Oh I tell you I can't wait to get that one step closer, patience is a virtue and all :rofl: lol

 

SOon as it gets on that dyno i'll be whipping the video out for its first start up :hyper:

 

I take it your not coming to Z009? :cry:

 

I'll be popping up for a bit on saturday but not stopping over buddy, it's my mate's 40th so can't really miss that :(

 

I'll be bringing the V8 to zedfest in september though and i'll be in the silver zed for this weekend :)

Well today starts the final push to finish! :dance:

 

I've ordered the first of two shipments for the final parts i need.

 

This sunday Rudi's coming down to my parents house where the block is and we'll get stuck in on the bottom half of the engine.

 

We'll be:

• gapping the piston rings
  
• fitting the pistons to the con rods
  
• fitting the bearings for the crank
  
• fitting the crank/pistons/conrods
  
• fitting the oil pump
  
• fitting the windage tray
  
• fitting and sealing the oil sump
  
• fitting the cam
  
• timing chain and gears, harmonic damper etc
  
• flywheel
  
• timing cover
  
• pumps and ancillaries
  

 

By the end of sunday we hope to have the bottom half block finished ready to take the final measurements and order in the final parts with need to complete the build.

 

I'll order the final parts from the states next week including the head gaskets andcomplete the build.

 

Then it's off to peter knight engineering in daventry where the engine will be strapped ot the test bed, jetted and dyno'd and i'll finally get to hear it fire up and run for the first time and we'll see just how much power/torque we get out of her :D

 

Ideally i'm hoping for 400+bhp and close to 500 ft/lb of torque but anything over 350bhp will be good enough :)

 

I'll keep you all updated on this thread as we progress on Sunday/I get back from picking up everything on saturday from real steel.

 

was it you i spoke to in the close of last year about rebuilding my tubs?

good luck wiyh the build sounds awsome.

was it you i spoke to in the close of last year about rebuilding my tubs?

 

Wasn't me buddy as far as i remember - i wouldn't know where to start! :rofl:

 

Cheers folks :D

 

Engine block's ready for the build this weekend. I've sprayed it gunmetal grey metallic so when all the chrome and polished metal's on it it should look awesome :D

 

 

 

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are you doing the work yourself? have you still got the NA one

Yep still got the NA one buddy :D My dad's having it off me so it's staying in the family :)

 

Yep building the whole engine myself, a massive learning curve but Rudy the guy who started the project in the first place is teaching me every step of the way. I'm doing 90% of it but he's there for guidance on certain bits. I've got the crank measured and it's perfect in terms of clearance on the bearings, i've assembled the first rod and piston and matched and numbered the pairs.

 

The bolt heads hit the block as it rotates so i've got to grind back a recess for them to rotate, lots of meat on the block so not too bad but scary to do. The one i have done i need to smooth and widen out but after that it's just repeat for the next 7 cylinders.

 

Loads of pics with details on my facebook album here, i'll do a full write up with pics tomorrow guys i'm knackered!

 

One hell of a day in terms of work. Did 300 miles journey yesterday to get the bits to start work and most of today prepping and measuring. Had a very scary moment where we found the cam interfered with the connecting rod but fingers crossed when we hooked up timing chain we found at 0 degrees the cam misses the rod on both passes. Fingers crossed when i degree it properly i'll find it fits fine and i don't need to have a custom grind small base diameter cam made up.

 

The fitment is TIGHT to say the least of everything, it's basically Big block internals in a small block so a massive stroke, lots of torque.

 

A quick sample below but step by step photos to come:

 

Edited May 11, 200916 yr by bantambunny

Brilliant build, i feel a bit inspired now! What sort of fueling are you going to be using?

 

Does look bloody tight! I hope its alright when it runs with all the real tight tollerences between things

It's very very tight, you wait till you see how close the connecting rod gets to the block! :D

 

All the bearing tolerances are absolutely spot on, about 1 thou as they should be.

 

Once i've finished grinding everything out i'll pull it all apart and give it a good clean before i start to reassemble with the correct assembly lube and torque.

 

Due to the fact it's a stroker and the amount that it's had skimmed off the heads/block using the 50thou gasket we worked out that I should be running about 10.3:1 so i'll need to run it on super unleaded. It's aimed at being a fast road car rather than a top fuel dragster so hopefully if everything works out i should get a good return on the power and torque but i've used a stock flywheel and 8 inch damper to try and rain it in at low revs.

 

Rudy who's instructing me is a stickler for detail so everything has to be cleaned and measured to within an inch of its life! :rofl:

 

A rough grind to get the con rod to go through (needs to be tidied up)

 

and how close it actually is!