Long story made really short, my first 200 engine was a good runner, but I wanted to freshen it up, put my cam in and "make it mine".
Well, upon teardown, it wan't worth rebuilding, already .60 over, main caps out of round, crank cut and still worn. Apparently it had been overhauled by some big mass production rebuilder that just smashes them out...
Next engine ( gotta love craigslist, these 200 engines can be found all over Long Island & NJ)languished at the machine shop for over a year. He had done a great job on a 230 dodge flathead inline 6 ( went into my 1944 WC-51 Dodge 3/4 army truck,still runs great 15 years later), but he wasn't really looking forward to my custom cam and valvespring work.
A friend suggested a machine shop that was less than a mile from my house, I knew in 2 minutes he was the guy. Glen suggested ARP rod bolts right away , degree's every cam in every build. Also runs up oil pressure before it leaves his shop .
Beautiful job done well and one funny anecdote. I took my valvecover down to bare metal, sandblasted ,hand sanded, used paint remover,primed and painted 3 beautiful coats of orange/red paint. I deliver said valvecover last month and cheerfully pick up my engine last Monday.
Naturally the engine was painted black ( correct for my 65 Mustang project) and yup, all black, even the valvecover .
A little more irony on this whole project was that I had to buy 48 indexible timing chains after Mike W. passed away, so I could get just one for my engine build. My cam ended up going in "straight up", I could have used a stock type chain set ...
Now I just have to finish the trunk sheetmetal, quarterpanels, doors, prime, paint and re-install everything in the car.
Practically finished !
DannyG
Well, upon teardown, it wan't worth rebuilding, already .60 over, main caps out of round, crank cut and still worn. Apparently it had been overhauled by some big mass production rebuilder that just smashes them out...
Next engine ( gotta love craigslist, these 200 engines can be found all over Long Island & NJ)languished at the machine shop for over a year. He had done a great job on a 230 dodge flathead inline 6 ( went into my 1944 WC-51 Dodge 3/4 army truck,still runs great 15 years later), but he wasn't really looking forward to my custom cam and valvespring work.
A friend suggested a machine shop that was less than a mile from my house, I knew in 2 minutes he was the guy. Glen suggested ARP rod bolts right away , degree's every cam in every build. Also runs up oil pressure before it leaves his shop .
Beautiful job done well and one funny anecdote. I took my valvecover down to bare metal, sandblasted ,hand sanded, used paint remover,primed and painted 3 beautiful coats of orange/red paint. I deliver said valvecover last month and cheerfully pick up my engine last Monday.
Naturally the engine was painted black ( correct for my 65 Mustang project) and yup, all black, even the valvecover .
A little more irony on this whole project was that I had to buy 48 indexible timing chains after Mike W. passed away, so I could get just one for my engine build. My cam ended up going in "straight up", I could have used a stock type chain set ...
Now I just have to finish the trunk sheetmetal, quarterpanels, doors, prime, paint and re-install everything in the car.
Practically finished !
DannyG