building first 200ci..

[chad]

built a few ford 6 powered cars at Bonneville

OH, I wuz thinkin "bent 8 chebbies" & mopar, etc!
I bet some 1 may know him here. Can you give his name?
May B connect him up w/the old gang? (I fantasize myself a networker).
8^0

 

[Invectivus]

which program are you in? I almost did one at de Anza when I was trying to figure out what to do with myself, ended up going to tech school to expedite things, but I still wish I did at least part of it. Right now I'm running on high school shop, books, and trial and error.

 

[inlinepony]

im not sure if hed want his name put out on the web but his first name is paul last name starts with an S. im up at Skyline College in San Bruno CA. its a good program goin.

 

[chad]

thanks dude, let's C if any 1 knows him. (Paul S)
way out there in Calie just seems like (racin I6s must B a small world - AZ & Cal?) a small world.

Hope that don't blow any confidentiality and yet connects some people!

"iron cylinder head broach to shave the mating surfaces, aluminum head cutter, boring machine,, cylinder head benches to do all necessary valve work and porting like 3 angle cuts . machining seats, guides and stuff. various lathes, and a number of other things."
Specialty equipment

Any Bridgeports? What we call vertical milling machines (cuz it sez that on em - made in Bridgeport, CT). Can sculpt a motor outta a solid blocka metal! Cutter looks like a drill bid but has cuttin lips on the end where a drill would have the point. (Can cut in all directions). My fav-o-rite!
Shapers make me laugh! The ground around them trembles when they operate! That silly ram - backn forth, backn forth.

 

[inlinepony]

no nothing that crazy. just basic machine shop equipment. parts should be arriving tomorrow. they were supposed to come in today. went and chased every bolt hole on the block today to kill time. itll help assembly go smoother. apparently our boring machine doesnt sit level anymore. so nothing is being bored until it sits level again. hoping that can be fixed this week. slowly but surely i suppose.

 

[inlinepony]

allrighty. moving forward with this thing. got caught up with my other car for a while. the next time i start on my motor ill have the bottom end together. just had my large log head machined for positive valve stem seals and the spring buckets machined to fit the stronger springs. i also cleaned up the ports some. going to build the head the same time i finish the bottom end. moving foreward

 

[Asa]

anybody have tips on removing the little freeze plugs in the head?

I just did this job yesterday, head on the engine.
Easiest way is to get a punch and a good sized hammer, use the punch on the lip of the freeze plug.

If you hit it right on that lip you can usually get it to rotate in the freeze plug hole, then pull it out with some vice grips.
The middle two have a lip on the top of the inside of the plug, so you have to hit it from the bottom to get them to move, but the front and rear you can just hit anywhere on that lip.


Edit: Dorman part number 555-083 is a box of 10

 

[inlinepony]

alright everyone,

I've fallen victim to reality. i have been stuck working for the past 7 months and haven't had more than 4 days to even look at the motor. but I've now got two designated nights a week to get back on it. so at last i was going to have the bottom end together. but i decided to do one last rod journal clearance check and found it to be a bit snug. so i need to get some thousandth undersized bearings.
found out the pistons i had bought in my kit turned out to be forged. which was pretty cool. not that im really gonna need to utilize that strength. i also weighed my rods and pistons and lightened/balanced them accordingly. all down to .5g or so.

this week ill be looking for some bearings. in the mean time ill be pressing the wrist pins in and then focusing on assembling the head. i do have a question for this procedure though...

how do you guys check to see if your valves are sealing properly? since you cant check by port. on the intake side at least?
i would like to check everything i can before it all goes together so that would be a little assurance.


thank you all again. and its good to be back!

-Alex

 

[CoupeBoy]

I would think that you should be able to check it by flipping it upside down and pouring some rubbing alcohal into the combustion chamber. Another thing you may want to consider is looking up instructions on how to do valve lapping, there is a process for it and the valves should be seated properly after lapped correctly.